The Conspiracy Corner at E! worked up this little gem of a theory today, and it’s the first thing that makes sense about Sarah Palin. On the heels of her Palin interview, Oprah Winfrey made the shocking announcement - laced with metaphors - that she will be leaving her hit show. Oprah is so successful and so big, she can all but single-handedly control the New York Times Bestseller list, make or break an entire corporation or create her very own television stars.

Odd that she would just walk away from it all, right? Would Winfrey really leave…without filling the gap that her departure creates? One theory says no way - she’s going to give the spot to Sarah Palin, and that’s why she’s made this decision now.

And that sounds pretty reasonable.

Palin’s appearance sparked Oprah’s best ratings since 2007 (the Osmond family reunion, of all things). Not a week later, Winfrey drops her bombshell. Something stinks in the state of Harpo. Add in Palin’s incredibly popular book tour, the national media obsession in which she travels and the fact that John McCain still hasn’t come forward to say a single thing about any of it, and the situation begins to look very fishy indeed.

Of course, there were rumors that O was calling quits well before Palin appeared on the show.