Want to see something really telling and frankly disappointing on how much people follow politics and at what level they pay attention to it?


Here are the most popular (as in most viewed) "news" items on CNN's web site:


Biden's f-bomb
Teen has weight loss surgery
TARP watchdog slams Obama foreclosure program
Health reform's legal fight

VP Biden curses, and it's the leading story on CNN by 10 to 1, looking at their chart.

The bottom two stories have less than 1/10th of the hits that the fluff piece about VP Biden's verbal slip do.

The most influential piece of legislation in 50 years, and hardly anyone is paying attention.

A huge waste of public money (TARP) slammed by the committee given oversight of the program, and hardly anyone is paying attention.

I betcha people could give me the complete description of Jesse James' girl toy, though.