GOP Mania
Yeah, that’s a bit of a stretch. Then again, the numbers don’t lie.
As a television draw, John McCain was every bit the equal of Barack Obama.
The GOP presidential candidate attracted roughly the same number of viewers to his convention acceptance speech Thursday as Obama did before the Democrats last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.
It marked the end of an astonishing run where more than 40 million people watched political speeches on three nights by Obama, McCain and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The Republican convention was the most-watched convention on television ever, beating a standard set by the Democrats a week earlier.
Think about it.
Monday night was Gustav-abbreviated. Tuesday saw the much-hated George W. Bush address the delegates. Who would watch that? Wednesday was Palin curiousity night, and Thursday night McCain was the anti-climax. After all was said and done, more people watched Republicans than they did the week that was all things “hope”, “change” and Obama.
I wonder where all the in-your-face, over-confident Obamaniacs are now?
September 6th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Same clowns who claimed a landslide victory for Kerry.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
And McCain’s speech was carried on fewer networks than Obamas.