My mom is pretty much a homebound disabled person these days......COPD and almost, but not quite, blind. She has been pretty politically minded all of her life, and her biggest dissapointment is that she can't get online, because she can't see to read anymore. So, she spends her day watching (listening) to various news channels, to see the difference in spin, from MSNBC, CNN, and FOX, etc. She has hours and hours to do her analysis, and she enjoys doing so.
I speak to her often, and let her provide me with the play by play of what she has heard, and tells me what to look out for.
I think she thinks it is her job, to make sure that I am enlightened and aware.
Oh yeah, and she likes FOX best.
Oh yeah, and she was gonna vote for Hillary if she won, but then she voted for McCain, because she wouldn't vote for Obama.