Home Topics The Hill The Congress Blog The Pundit's Blog GOP Convention Democratic Convention

KEY BLOGS
What they are saying today

Drudge Report
Iran already has enough fuel for one nuclear bomb, according to a New York Times report that leads the Drudge Report. A report that Iran also has increased its uranium stockpile adds to the problems that President-elect Obama will face. ... READ MORE

The Huffington Post
The $25 billion auto bailout is on ice now that Senate leaders have decided to postpone a vote on it, according to the front page of the Post. The country, however, can't let the auto industry collapse because that will ... READ MORE

Townhall.com
President Bush's last-minute abortion rulings are affording doctors who refuse to perform abortions on moral grounds the same kind of protections that conscientious objectors to wars receive, writes Carol Platt Liebau. Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker seems to have become an ... READ MORE

RedState
Tom Daschle, the former Senate Democratic Leader tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary, is yet another "un-fresh face" and presents more lobbying conflicts for the incoming administration, writes Pejman Yousefzadeh. Democrat Al Franken's ... READ MORE

The Corner
President-elect Barack Obama faces a dilemma now that he's taking charge and needs to reassure Americans about the same issues he criticized President Bush for handling, writes Victor Davis Hanson. Obama's sudden reliance on former Clintonites in his own administration ... READ MORE

TalkingPointsMemo
It's not reassuring that Citigroup, the nation's second-largest bank, is facing a crisis of confidence from investors now that its losses from credit cards, mortgages and debt are piling up, writes Josh Marshall. Democrat Al Franken picked up a net ... READ MORE

MyDD
The choice of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) for Homeland Security Secretary in the Obama administration is a gift to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who would have faced a tough challenge from her for his seat in 2010, writes Todd ... READ MORE

Daily Kos
World leaders at the G20 last weekend refused to shake President Bush's hand during a photo opp, writes NewAmericaPatriot, who has the video. The Bush administration's last-minute push for new regulations and to burrow in their civil service appointees will ... READ MORE

The Huffington Post
Three of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) lawyers are vetting her for her possible appointment as secretary of State, notes the front page of the Post. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said that he's interested in doing policy work ... READ MORE

Drudge Report
The soaring costs for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration could break the bank for Washington, D.C., according to the Drudge Report. In other political links, Drudge highlights reports that Obama has approached Defense Secretary William Gates to stay on, that Obama ... READ MORE

CLICK FOR MORE
SUMMARIES



MORNING READ
MIDDAY BLOG ROUNDUP
DAY'S END ROUND-UP



You need Flash Player 8 (or higher) and JavaScript enabled to view this content

 

CLICK FOR MORE HILLTUBE

Morning Read | Midday Blog Roundup | Day's End Roundup

September 5, 2008

McCain's Speech Tops Obama's in TV Viewership; More Tune in for GOP Convention Overall

@ 2:49 pm by Chris Good

John McCain's nomination acceptance speech last night attracted more TV viewers nationwide than Barack Obama's acceptance speech last week, while the Republican convention outperformed its Democratic counterpart in overall viewership for its final three days, Nielsen announced this afternoon.

McCain's speech drew 38.9 million viewers, while Obama's Invesco Field address drew 38.4 million one week before. Obama's live audience vastly outnumbered McCain's, as Obama managed to fill Denver's 76,000-seat Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos.

Overall, the GOP convention bested its Democratic counterpart by just over 11.3 million viewers in a side-by-side comparison of the conventions' second, third, and fourth days. (The first day of the RNC was largely put on hold as Hurricane Gustav made landfall in Louisiana early Monday morning.)

McCain's speech aired following the opening game of the 2008-2009 NFL season, between the Washington Redskins and defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. NBC, which broadcast the game, promoted McCain's speech during the game to its football viewers.

3 Comments »

The Hill welcomes comment from anyone and will almost always post it whether it is favorable or critical, as long as it is substantive and advances debate.
  1. Does this include internet viewers? The times reported 300,000 on youtube alone for Obama, and many more watched on network websites. I could see that the difference between the two could easily be made up the greater number of Obama supporters who would watch online.

    Comment by Diana — September 5, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

  2. The thing about the youtube viewings, though, Diana, is that, like with other cults, the 300,000 youtube viewings may well have been by 300 rabid BO disciples, each watching 1,000 times…

    Comment by Hank Sanders — September 5, 2008 @ 4:13 pm

  3. Obama the man, give it up for the man!

    Soda Cracker going to pay for all that free labor my pappy done did.

    Comment by Leroy - September 5, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    Comment by Leroy — September 5, 2008 @ 5:54 pm

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment




Privacy Policy
| Terms and Conditions
rss

The contents of this site are © 2008 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications Inc.