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There is a big shakedown going on over Sarah Palin. (Wikimedia Image)

The staff over at the Oprah show are up-in-arms over whether or not to put the Conservative VP candidate and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the show. The Drudge Report says that the staff wants Palin on to boost ratings but that Oprah is against the booking due to her strong support of Barack Obama.

"'Half of her staff really wants Sarah Palin on,' an insider explains. 'Oprah's website is getting tons of requests to put her on, but Oprah and a couple of her top people are adamantly against it because of Obama.'"

However, Oprah sent a statement to TMZ claiming that the Drudge is off-base.

"The item in today's Drudge Report is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over."