They’re All Railin’ for Palin
Aunt Agatha has some poll numbers below; but these numbers are even cooler (pace Aggie):
What do the Nielsen ratings look like, you say? Why, like this. For the moment, at least, with curiosity peaking, the Barracuda is an even bigger draw than The One.
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Update: Drudge has the numbers: 38.3 million watched Obama’s speech, 37.2 million watched Palin — which is roughly 54 times the population of Alaska. Supah-stah!
Following the link, we learn:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech during Wednesday night’s Republican National Convention bested Democratic speeches from Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and, in some cases, Barack Obama in preliminary ratings.
Speaking last night, along with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Gov. Palin took in a 5.4 rating/8 share on NBC, according to preliminary overnight household data from Nielsen Media Research, measuring 55 markets across the United States.
In terms of this year’s conventions, the preliminary rating for NBC’s coverage last night is higher than any other night of the convention on the broadcast networks, including Sen. Obama’s nomination acceptance speech on Aug. 28.
Back to Allahpundit for this conclusion:
Exit quotation from a former Bush official, citing panic among his lefty friends: “[T]he same reporter who first told me that ’she’d be toast by Friday’ told me after tonight’s speech that Obama must be wishing that McCcain [sic] had picked Pawlenty.”
You know what makes Sarah Palin so good, don’t you? It’s not the “dirty librarian” vibe, or the “lipsticked pit bull” thing. It’s her simple, direct, and unashamed declaration of conservative values. When you’re hugging your seven-month-old Down Syndrome baby, you don’t have to append “compassionate” to your political principles.
HDW said,
September 4, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
Picking Sarah Palin may be the smartest thing the McCain campaign has done so far.