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The "SARAH SHOW" was a hit

Mike

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October 03, 2008
Final: 69.9 million viewers -- Palin-Biden the most-watched vp debate ever
UPDATED: Thursday's highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden was the most-watched vp debate of all time.


Last night's event was seen by 69.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.


That's the most-viewed debate -- presidential or vp -- since the second round between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush in 1992 (which also drew an audience of 69.9 million).

Thursday's event was 33% higher than Friday's top-of-the-ticket debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. It's 61% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. And it ranks 23% higher than the former title-holder for the most-watched vp debate -- the 1984 match between George Bush and Geraldine Ferrarro (56.7 million).

Thursday's debate was expected to potentially overthrow Friday's presidential debate in viewers due to questions about Palin's readiness and because the vp match was held on a Thursday, the most-watched night of the week. This audience response puts the election back onto the familiar historic and record-breaking ratings territory that characterized the convention coverage.

For Fox News (11.1 million), the debate was the most-watched telecast in the network's 12-year history. For CNN (10.7 million), it was the network's third most-watched event.

The national Nielsen includes viewers watching the debate live on 11 networks -- NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS, CNN, Fox News, CSPAN, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo, and Telefutura. The Baltimore market had the largest TV audience, with a household rating of 59.1, while the Los Angeles market had the lowest, with 34.4. In addition: PBS is projecting 3.5 million viewers and a 2.3 HH rating.


Debate reaction and analysis: "The most compelling 90 minutes of TV on a Thursday night in quite some time," writes Paul Gough."So how surprising was it, really, that neither candidate devolved into a Jerry Springer screaming fit or fell into a state of catatonia?" asked LA Times. Debate quotes from the AP. "Palin changed her image overnight," says Weekly Standard. "Palin scored points but didn't win," says Newsweek and Salon. "Attitude and image vs. facts and focus," says Baltimore Sun. "Rivals shine, Palin a bit more brightly," says Boston Globe.
 

aplusmnt

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And the Libs do not think Obama was hurt by that debate, that many people watching and Palin did so well. Obama is going to be worried once again!
 

fff

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Yep, the McCain campaign pulling out of Michigan has me scared to death. :roll: I hear he may also pull staff out of Colorado.
 

Cowpuncher

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fff says:

Yep, the McCain campaign pulling out of Michigan has me scared to death. I hear he may also pull staff out of Colorado.

Drove by the Elizabeth, Colorado Cemetary this morning. Obama supporters had a kiosk there trying to register voters. We might want to look at those new voters carefully -they may be dead.

Elizabeth is conservative country in a conservative county.
 
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Anonymous

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Poll thats been running in the Billings Gazette:
Interesting the number of 3rd party voters...I think the closer it gets to election time- your actually going to see more of the Independent and current undecided voters going that way- as well as the conservatives that are already....

Kind of a way of saying "None of the Above"- which is being promoted by some of the right wing groups.....


Did the vice presidential debate convince you to vote for a particular candidate?

Yes - John McCain

584 votes (8%)


Yes - Barack Obama

5141 votes (73%)


No - Still undecided

95 votes (1%)


I'm voting third party

1225 votes (17%)


7045 total votes.
 

TexasBred

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fff said:
Yep, the McCain campaign pulling out of Michigan has me scared to death. :roll: I hear he may also pull staff out of Colorado.

Have your read the list of states Obama has pulled out of?? Alaska and N.D. I know...maybe Montana by now... might as well shut up shop in Texas and most of the south as well. But you never read this in the big papers or hear this on the news.
 

fff

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TexasBred said:
fff said:
Yep, the McCain campaign pulling out of Michigan has me scared to death. :roll: I hear he may also pull staff out of Colorado.

Have your read the list of states Obama has pulled out of?? Alaska and N.D. I know...maybe Montana by now... might as well shut up shop in Texas and most of the south as well. But you never read this in the big papers or hear this on the news.

No, why don't you give me a list of those states? He won't win much of the south. I think that's a given, but there have been massive new voter registrations in Texas, GA, SC, several other southern states. Most of those new voters are Democratic. So even if Obama doesn't win a particular state, it bodes well for Democratic candidates in the future there. :D This is not just about electing Obama President. It's about bringing the Democratic party back from the dead. Even if McCain wins, things are looking pretty good at this point for Dems to take a sizeable majority into the next Congress in both the Senate and the House.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-registration6-2008oct06,0,6191607.story
 
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TexasBred said:
fff said:
Yep, the McCain campaign pulling out of Michigan has me scared to death. :roll: I hear he may also pull staff out of Colorado.

Have your read the list of states Obama has pulled out of?? Alaska and N.D. I know...maybe Montana by now... might as well shut up shop in Texas and most of the south as well. But you never read this in the big papers or hear this on the news.

Nope not out of Montana- Obama ads running all the time- but I haven't heard or seen a McCain one in a couple of weeks.... Obama at least came to the state 3-4-5 times this summer- McCain hasn't been to the state for something like 8 years :shock:- and that was to campaign for his buddy Conman Burns- who even after Montanan's kicked him out of office for his corruption and being the highest paid Congressman ($150,000) tied to Abramoff- and is now a Washington lobbyiest- McCain picked him to be his Montana campaign chairman....
All just a pack of backslapping "good old boy" crooks...
 

TexasBred

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fff said:
TexasBred said:
fff said:
Yep, the McCain campaign pulling out of Michigan has me scared to death. :roll: I hear he may also pull staff out of Colorado.

Have your read the list of states Obama has pulled out of?? Alaska and N.D. I know...maybe Montana by now... might as well shut up shop in Texas and most of the south as well. But you never read this in the big papers or hear this on the news.

No, why don't you give me a list of those states? He won't win much of the south. I think that's a given, but there have been massive new voter registrations in Texas, GA, SC, several other southern states. Most of those new voters are Democratic. So even if Obama doesn't win a particular state, it bodes well for Democratic candidates in the future there. :D This is not just about electing Obama President. It's about bringing the Democratic party back from the dead. Even if McCain wins, things are looking pretty good at this point for Dems to take a sizeable majority into the next Congress in both the Senate and the House.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-registration6-2008oct06,0,6191607.story


fff...the democratic party has been dead for ages. And why would you want to resurrect a monster. Obama will do well in the liberal states. Those with common sense will say no.
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
TexasBred said:
fff said:
Yep, the McCain campaign pulling out of Michigan has me scared to death. :roll: I hear he may also pull staff out of Colorado.

Have your read the list of states Obama has pulled out of?? Alaska and N.D. I know...maybe Montana by now... might as well shut up shop in Texas and most of the south as well. But you never read this in the big papers or hear this on the news.

Nope not out of Montana- Obama ads running all the time- but I haven't heard or seen a McCain one in a couple of weeks.... Obama at least came to the state 3-4-5 times this summer- McCain hasn't been to the state for something like 8 years :shock:- and that was to campaign for his buddy Conman Burns- who even after Montanan's kicked him out of office for his corruption and being the highest paid Congressman ($150,000) tied to Abramoff- and is now a Washington lobbyiest- McCain picked him to be his Montana campaign chairman....
All just a pack of backslapping "good old boy" crooks...

Guess he feels like he can win it without spending any money. But Obama is out of Alaska, Idaho, N.Dakota and Georgia. That's 4...by his count that only leaves him in 53 of the 57 states.
 

fff

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TexasBred said:
fff said:
TexasBred said:
Have your read the list of states Obama has pulled out of?? Alaska and N.D. I know...maybe Montana by now... might as well shut up shop in Texas and most of the south as well. But you never read this in the big papers or hear this on the news.

No, why don't you give me a list of those states? He won't win much of the south. I think that's a given, but there have been massive new voter registrations in Texas, GA, SC, several other southern states. Most of those new voters are Democratic. So even if Obama doesn't win a particular state, it bodes well for Democratic candidates in the future there. :D This is not just about electing Obama President. It's about bringing the Democratic party back from the dead. Even if McCain wins, things are looking pretty good at this point for Dems to take a sizeable majority into the next Congress in both the Senate and the House.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-registration6-2008oct06,0,6191607.story


fff...the democratic party has been dead for ages. And why would you want to resurrect a monster. Obama will do well in the liberal states. Those with common sense will say no.

Since when was VA considered a "liberal" state? They haven't voted for a Dem presidential candidate in over 40 years, yet Obama has a sizeable lead in the polls there. How about Colorado? Hardly a "liberal" state, yet Obama leads in the polls there, too. Just a few short years ago, Republicans owned the state.

Democrats now control the governorship and both houses in the state legislature and have a good chance of picking up a second Democratic seat in the U.S. Senate next month. The shift came about largely because the state GOP continued to nominate right-wing candidates, while Democrats recruited centrist politicians who often combined prosecutorial backgrounds with aw-shucks demeanors. And it is because neither McCain nor Obama fits either mold that the state is even close this year.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1846730,00.html
 

aplusmnt

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TexasBred said:
Guess he feels like he can win it without spending any money. But Obama is out of Alaska, Idaho, N.Dakota and Georgia. That's 4...by his count that only leaves him in 53 of the 57 states.

Thats funny! :lol: :lol:
 

TexasBred

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aplusmnt said:
TexasBred said:
Guess he feels like he can win it without spending any money. But Obama is out of Alaska, Idaho, N.Dakota and Georgia. That's 4...by his count that only leaves him in 53 of the 57 states.

Thats funny! :lol: :lol:

I just used Obama's knowledge of American History and Geography.
 
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