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Sarah Palin: Ratings Giant!

Last week, a little over 38 million people tuned in Sen. Obama’s speech. Yesterday, I speculated that 30 million people might tune Gov. Palin’s speech in. According to this article, I underestimated Gov. Palin:

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night nearly matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Palin pulled in 37.2 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research. That’s 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and President Clinton took the stage (24 million).

It’s also up a sharp 99% from the Republican convention’s third day in 2004 (18.7 million). In fact, it came close to upsetting Obama’s historic address on Thursday, the most-watched convention speech in history (38.4 million viewers).

I knew that the Democrats’ criticisms would work against them. Their constant criticism caused people to judge Gov. Palin for themselves. I’m betting that they came away liking her. ALOT.

This number also has to worry Democrats. In January, February and March, Democrats were drawing far more voters to their primaries than Republicans were drawing to their’s. The term “enthusiasm gap” became the journalists’ buzzword. Based on those numbers, pundits started talking wildly about a Democratic clean sweep: Democrats retaking the White House, building a bigger majority in the House and reaching a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

I was skeptical throughout.

It wasn’t that I thought it’d be a great year for Republicans. It’s just that I’ve never believed in the Belway punitocracy’s conventional wisdom. More often than not, I’ve sided with the opposite of the CW because the CW is usually wrong.

Now that Gov. Palin has joined the ticket, excitement is running high in GOP circles and the enthusiasm gap has essentially disappeared. This isn’t going to be the year that Democrats thought they were getting into. In fact, I’d be surprised if Republicans don’t win back some seats in the House. As I’ve said all along, I think that they’ll still lose seats in the Senate, though not nearly as they’ve been predicting.

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if there might not be a couple of surprises come Election night.

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  1. Did you know that the first woman EVER elected to Congress was Jeannette Rankin (1917) and she was a REPUBLICAN!! So isn’t it fitting that the first woman ever elected for Vice-President be a REPBULICAN?!!

    (There are several other similarities between Palin and Rankin: both from rural America, both had parents that were teachers, both went against the “establishment”) We’re MAKING HISTORY!

    Comment by MIKE — September 4, 2008 @ 5:34 pm

  2. Obama:
    Occidental College - Two years.
    Columbia University - B.A. political science with a specialization in international relations.
    Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude

    & Biden:
    University of Delaware - B.A. in history and B.A. in political science.
    Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)

    vs.

    McCain:
    United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 of 899

    & Palin:
    Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
    North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
    University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
    Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
    University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in journalism

    But no, conservatives apparently don’t like ‘elitists’.

    Comment by Liem — September 5, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

  3. Elitist shmelitist!

    Louise Heath Palin:
    44, Governor of the State of Alaska

    Barack Hussein Obama II: 48, Junior Senator from the State of Illinois

    Palin: 2 sons, 3 daughters
    Obama: 2 daughters

    Palin: Evangelical Christian
    Obama: Trinity United Church of Christ

    Previous Public Service
    Palin: Mayor of Wasilla, AK 1996-2002
    Pres, Alaska Conference of Mayors
    City Council 1992 - 1996
    Obama: State Senator 1997 - 2004
    143 days in attendence
    Community Organizer

    Executive experience
    Palin: 6 years as Mayor
    2 years as Gov. of Alaska
    Obama: NONE

    Foreign Relations
    Palin: Governor of State that borders two countries.
    Obama: Chairman Senate Sub Committee on Iraq which was never called into session
    Visited Iraq once, gave speech to 200,000 Germans.

    Military affairs/experience:
    Palin: CINC of Alaska National Guard,
    charged with manning early warning
    radar sites for the US Army and Air
    Force, (the only National Guard
    with 24/7 active duty assignments).
    Obama: NONE

    Legislative Record:
    Palin: Passed landmark ethics reform bill,
    used veto to cut budgetary spending
    returned money for the “bridge to
    nowhere”
    Obama: Voted “present” over 100 times in
    Illinois legislature, voted for the
    surge in Iraq, after he said he
    would not.

    Guns
    Palin: Member of NRA, and avid hunter.
    Obama: Supports legislation that would
    prevent all law abiding citizens
    from owning firearms.

    Earmarks
    Palin: Opposed Bridge to Nowhere,
    camapigned against Don Young,
    R-AK in 2008 primary.
    Obama: Secured Federal earmark of
    $1,000,000 s for wifes employer,
    U of Chicago Hospitals, after she
    was promoted.

    Abortion
    Palin: Pro-life gave birth to second son,
    knowing he has downes syndrome.
    Obama: Only Il state senator to speak
    out against the Born Alive
    Protection Act which requires
    medical care be given to infants
    who SURVIVE an abortion.

    Energy:
    Palin: Believes energy independence is
    a matter of national security,
    FOR drilling in ANWAR.
    Obama: Encourages tunes ups and checking
    tire pressure as energy saving,
    Says ” we cant expect the world to
    be okay with” our use of heating
    and air conditioning

    Environmental accomplishments:
    Palin: Chair of Alaska Conservation
    Commission, 2003-04.
    Announced plans to create sub
    cabinet group of advisors to
    address climate change and reduce
    greenhouse gases in Alaska.
    Obama: NONE.

    What they’ve done to bring about “Change”
    Palin: Replaced entire Board of Agriculture
    and Conservation because of
    conflicts of interest, Resigned
    from position of Ethics Commisioner
    of the Alaska Oil and Gas
    Conservation Commission in order to
    expose corruption among members
    of her own party.
    Obama: Selected a 36 year incumbent as a
    running mate.

    Comment by T A Gray — September 5, 2008 @ 5:27 pm

  4. I’m a conservative supporter from England, and I watched Palin’s performance open-mouthed. How DARE a consrevative woman speak in such forthright terms, hitting the right buttons time and time again. The same buttons that ordinary people feel. As an aside, the message that she delivered on Thursday is equally applicable to the UK, that has been decimated after 11years of socialism under Labour. How I wish we had someone of her calibre and guts over here.

    I wish the McCain-Palin team every success in Novemember and just cannot wait for the headlines the morning after, when the Democrats and their lackeys realise they have another 4 years of Republican rule to deal with - and this time is will be REAL Republicanism.

    All power to Palin - the American Margaret Thatcher!

    Comment by John Whitney — September 5, 2008 @ 6:34 pm

  5. I rest my case!

    Thank you John!

    (London is like my second home town,
    spent 6 weeks there as part of a liaison team for a US/Royal Navy joint task group in the Indian Ocean in 1986, and have been back several times, Im also a secular brother of the London Oratory on Brompton Rd. in Knightsbridge.)

    Comment by T A Gray — September 5, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

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