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The lemon martini. "The Secret." "You on a Diet." Barack Obama. All have been featured on Oprah Winfrey's hugely successful show and benefited from her endorsement.

Books are vaulted onto bestseller lists when selected for Oprah's Book Club. People with first names and a title (Dr. Phil, anyone?) have launched their own shows thanks to Oprah's coattails. There is no denying her star power.

But one media darling who will not reap the magic of the media mogul is Sarah Palin. The first female to run as V.P. for the Republican ticket has gotten the Oprah snub.

On the news of the Palin purgatory, searches on "oprah boycott" (+121%) and "oprah boycott palin" both surged. To show their displeasure, a Florida organization of Republican women are launching a campaign against the Oprah's show and magazine, according to Fox news.

Take that, Oprah. But Winfrey disputed a Drudge Report claim that there has been staff strife on whether to invite Palin to the show.

According to the Huffington Post, Winfrey, an Obama supporter, said, "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."

Oprah Winfrey should know, that's a lifetime away.