{"id":611,"date":"2008-10-03T19:31:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T23:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=611"},"modified":"2008-10-03T19:31:37","modified_gmt":"2008-10-03T23:31:37","slug":"70-million-viewers-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/03\/70-million-viewers-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Million Viewers &#8211; Wow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok so it was really only 69,989,000 but last nights Vice Presidential debate was the most watched ever.<\/p>\n<p>From the the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thrfeed.com\/2008\/10\/vp-debate-ratin.html\" target=\"_blank\">Live Feed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thursday&#8217;s highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden was the most-watched vp debate of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s event was seen by nearly 70 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the most-viewed debate &#8212; presidential or vp &#8212; since the second round between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush in 1992 (and possibly the most since 1980&#8217;s famed debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter).<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s event was 33% higher than Friday&#8217;s top-of-the-ticket debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. It&#8217;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 &#8212; the 1984 match between George Bush and Geraldine Ferrarro (56.7 million).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>H\/T: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floppingaces.net\/2008\/10\/03\/9709\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flopping Aces<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok so it was really only 69,989,000 but last nights Vice Presidential debate was the most watched ever. From the the Live Feed: Thursday&#8217;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&#8217;s event was seen by nearly 70 million viewers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,7],"tags":[173,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-media","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-debate","9":"tag-joe-biden","10":"tag-sarah-palin","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-9R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":591,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/02\/poll-question-who-won-the-vice-presidential-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":611,"position":0},"title":"Poll Question: Who Won The Vice Presidential Debate?","author":"Jeff","date":"October 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"[poll id=\"6\"] On points I'd score it as a narrow win for Gov. Palin, overall on style and substance it was a landslide... She wiped the floor with both Senator Biden and moderator Gwen Ifill. Best line: \"I may not answer the questions the way that the moderator or the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":789,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/15\/poll-question-who-won-the-final-presidential-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":611,"position":1},"title":"Poll Question: Who Won The Final Presidential Debate?","author":"Jeff","date":"October 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"[poll id=\"9\"] Overall I thought this was John McCain's best debate. Unfortunately, I don't think it was a game changer. In fact I think the plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher, was the only real winner. A couple of quick points: 1) The Secret Service says they have yet to find anyone who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1178,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/23\/wsj-conservative-snobs-are-wrong-about-palin\/","url_meta":{"origin":611,"position":2},"title":"WSJ: Conservative Snobs Are Wrong About Palin","author":"Jeff","date":"December 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"John O\u2019Sullivan, a former senior advisor to Margaret Thatcher, offers a spirited defense of Sarah Palin in today\u2019s Wall Street Journal: Conservative Snobs Are Wrong About Palin I know Maggie Thatcher. The two women have a lot in common. 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