Video: The RNC Palin biography clip you didn’t get to see; Update: Ratings blowout — 37 million watched; Update: Palin’s speech was carried on six networks, Obama’s on ten
posted at 3:11 pm on September 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
Rudy did well enough that we can forgive him for running long and getting this bumped from the program, especially since they’re going to capitalize on the fee-vah and air it tonight. 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.
They really like the moose-hunting meme, huh? 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.”
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!
Update: Via TLOMB, it’s even more impressive than we thought. Imagine what the numbers would have been like if the media was fair:
The Sarah Palin speech generated 37.2 million viewers, just 1.1 million viewers short of Barack Obama’s record-breaking speech on Day 4 of the Democratic Convention. The Palin speech was carried on only six networks while the Obama speech was carried on ten (including BET, TV One, Univision and Telemundo).
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I was wondering why there wasn’t a bio. Rudy did well.
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Thanks- I was looking for this.
Valiant on September 4, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Rudy was great. I like the idea of airing it tonight. Get the crowd all pumped up again for Mac.
BadgerHawk on September 4, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Understatement of the day.
Rudy kicked a**!!!
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 3:14 PM
This is the one Jon Voight was supposed to narrate? I have to admit I was disappointed that there wasn’t time for it.
Connie on September 4, 2008 at 3:14 PM
FANTASTIC! Jon Voight introducing America to a real American with real accomplishments. They NEED to show this.
D0WNT0WN on September 4, 2008 at 3:15 PM
How does this help Michelle’s children?
Hillary threw ashtrays when she got mad, what does the One throw?
Lightning bolts? Foofy pillows? Tantrums? Inquiring minds want to know.
Looking forward to the best concession speech ever, according to the MSM.
NoDonkey on September 4, 2008 at 3:15 PM
I was hoping she’d beat him, but for a politician that’s been in the national spotlight for a week, 37.2 million viewers IS INSANE!!!
nickj116 on September 4, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Thank God he didn’t pick Pawlenty. I don’t buy into this “boring white guy” theme like others do, largely because it’s racist, but Pawlenty sucked. I saw him giving a speech and he came across like Ben Stein’s teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, except more monotone and with less charisma. A real deer in the headlights sort of guy. Had McCain gone that route, it would all be over except for the shouting. Instead, he made what must rank as one of the most brilliant picks in American political history.
McCain, you magnificent bastard!
jaleach on September 4, 2008 at 3:16 PM
McCain should skip the speech and just let her talk again.
Cowboy on September 4, 2008 at 3:16 PM
I thought it worked well to go straight from Rudy to Palin. I know it wasn’t planned, but I think it really gave an even bigger rock to the momentum.
INC on September 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM
37.2 boom
Cardiganfox on September 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM
We still need the CNN clip where they tried to ruin little Piper’s moment in the spotlight. It was a video exploration of the sensibility behind this exchange from deep in the black heart of the nutroots:
Wow. Here’s the heart of Obama supporters at DU.
Get used to holding that baby. As soon as you are old enough, you’ll be forced to have some of your own.
kinda reminds me of that asshole wolfowitz
Yep, exactly what I thought of. Lick that comb… must be an acquired habit on the road to Neo-conservatism…
She says “Part your hair on THIS side and you look just like Mien Fuhrer!”
Human saliva has more germs than a dog’s. Hope Trig has had his tetanus shot.
econavenger on September 4, 2008 at 3:18 PM
I’m pretty sure the One throws people under the bus when he get’s mad.
tee866 on September 4, 2008 at 3:18 PM
That was great!
Connie on September 4, 2008 at 3:19 PM
(Update) Let’s see Obama has been campaigning, in the limelight, help by the MSM for 19 months now and Palin was introduced 6 DAYS AGO????? And he only got less than a million more veiwers???? Hahaha
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 3:19 PM
That is a great clip. I think Rudy straight to Palin worked extremely well last night.
Though I hope they change their mind and don’t air this tonight. We don’t want to feed the cult of personality with displaying her. /sarc
Is that Voight narrating?
Spirit of 1776 on September 4, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Old: Barak Obama – The One.
New: Sarah Palin – The One.
KentAllard on September 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
picture the reception tonight when palin comes in and sits next to cindy before McCains speech.
its gonna be wild.
zane on September 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
I mentioned this in another thread, but I’ll repeat it here. Regarding ratings: I think Team McCain should set up Sarah’s first cable news appearance on CNN in the same time slot as O’Reilly’s big Obama interview. I bet O’Reilly’s unassailable #1 rating in his time slot would fall to #2 for the first time in years. It would be a fantastic statement and a slap in BOR’s and FNC’s faces for kowtowing to Obama by interviewing him just a couple of hours before McCain’s acceptance speech.
aero on September 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Gov. Palin’s speech was the only part of either convention I’ve watched (and tonight I’ve got other plans). Partly because everyone else is a known quantity and she isn’t. I was definitely impressed. She did come across as someone who’d be up to the task should McCain pass on.
rbj on September 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
play that tonight
jp on September 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Please don’t spam your posts.
BigD on September 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Brilliant~!
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Ya give me fevah…
Akzed on September 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Alaah, when are you going to start calling her SARAH’CUDA or ARCTIC FOX?
ManlyRash on September 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
“Here’s the heart of Obama supporters at DU.”
They’ll be saying things just as sweet about Obama and Biden when he blows the election. Bumbling buffoon.
And about Pelosi and Reid when they lose their majority.
Landslide.
NoDonkey on September 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmm makes ya wonder huh!
upinak on September 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about!
What’s not to love?
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Sorry, I meant to type ALLAH.
ManlyRash on September 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Don’t you know that you are a Super star
Don’t you know
Don’t you know
Don’t you know that you are a Super star
And all the world will love you just as long
As long as you are you.
TheBigOldDog on September 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM
aero, you magnificent bastard!!!
tree hugging sister on September 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM
From August 27, 2008….More DNC ratings numbers
Heh.
The “hockey mom” shot and scored.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM
That’s McBrilliant! /Rush
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 3:23 PM
It’s pure desperation on ZERObama’s part to give O’Reilly an interview during the RNC. He has no chance of surviving with dry drawers. And BTW if I were Bill (eewwwwww) I would have said no thanks.
Akzed on September 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
The Rudy/Sarah back to back is what made it so great at least for me.
Rudy did a little NYC poltical knife fighting and that is why we like the guy. He can deliver body blows and head shots and is not afraid of the media unlike Huck who also is a great speaker but like to ingraciate himself.
kangjie on September 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
I think aero is female. :)
upinak on September 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
She’s great enough to have both! Sometimes she’s the SARAH’CUDA shredding up the bait fish and sometimes she’s the ARCTIC FOX outwitting the wolves.
TheBigOldDog on September 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
I’m glad they bumped the bio. Rudy got the place so jazzed, it made Sarah’s entrance rock even harder.
Gymkata on September 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Many thanks to the MSM for their help in creating that interest. Talk about unintended consequences.
a capella on September 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM
that was great. I love it when he included her love of Moose stew. Just awesome…
rightallthetime on September 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Mother,MooseHunter, Maverick…..
wow….the Nielsens are in and if the reviews are positive we at a minimum just made it a true race.
sven10077 on September 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM
People: don’t forget, if you have not already, to go to RNC website and give some effing $$$!
Rush is doing it for the first time in his life.
Send the message.
We want Maverick/Sarah the Moose Slayer.
Not ChicagObama/Greasy Joe
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Kos was making it out to be 7 or 8 million this morning.
I am so glad to hear this. I was afraid that the big networks might have been cutting in or editing it. Palin Power is unstoppable!
MadisonConservative on September 4, 2008 at 3:26 PM
It’s what some of us were saying last Friday as soon as he picked her…they could not resist going all out….they did John McCain’s PR Work for him.
sven10077 on September 4, 2008 at 3:26 PM
THAT, my friend, is an EXCELLENT idea.
Sick Sara on old bloviating bill.
stenwin77 on September 4, 2008 at 3:26 PM
She doesn’t even kill mooses before she eats em.
Akzed on September 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
It would be great if Palin came out tonight and introduced McCain after that video. a quick 1 min speech saying Now Fellow Americian it is my uniqe honor to introduce the next president of the Unidted States…It would place her second for the night, get the delagates fired up, give McCain a smile and give the media something to talk about no matter how the speech goes…
unseen on September 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
I loves me that Sarah Palin…..but enough with the moose stuff, kay?
Martin on September 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
1.) Yes, that is Jon Voight
2.) I liked the Rudy straight to Palin format as well. An added bonus of not showing the video is that it didn’t spoil the Ebay line.
nickj116 on September 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Bang the jar….5,10,15, 2300 whatever it takes.
sven10077 on September 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
what kinda ratings did Biden get?
jp on September 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
“Kos was making it out to be 7 or 8 million this morning.”
Things are a little blurry when you’re peering up out of a sewer.
NoDonkey on September 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
It’s a good thing John Voight doesn’t need the work anymore,
bj1126 on September 4, 2008 at 3:28 PM
What’s a biden?
stenwin77 on September 4, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Moose rocks, as does a caribou pot roast!
upinak on September 4, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Only guys sorry about Pawlenty not being on the ticket are
1.) Dems
2.) Insomniacs
3.) Pawlenty and some in his immediate family
4.) The Powerline lawyers who have lost all credibility with me.
CanadianGuy on September 4, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Our family is energized again!! On my way to RNC website to donate. She is such a breath of fresh air!
Twoconservative on September 4, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Cuda-licious !!!
RocketmanBob on September 4, 2008 at 3:29 PM
“what kinda ratings did Biden get?”
Somewhere between a test pattern and a Three Stooges episode featuring Curly Joe.
NoDonkey on September 4, 2008 at 3:29 PM
For the record, I’m pretty sure that the picture from the “pre-dawn moose hunt” showed a dead elk. If the Daily Kos finds out, that could be the next scandal!
morganfrost on September 4, 2008 at 3:29 PM
24,029,000 WATCHED BIDEN
jp on September 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Obama just left O’Reilly show and is talking to press – he has a vein protruding out of his head and he’s bitching and whining about last night’s speeches about him…hehe….
my guess is that the OR interview may not have gone well.
Also – looks waaayyy grayer than usual.
tru2tx on September 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
so if McCain does good:
McCain/Palin will have more viewers than Obama/Biden combined.
jp on September 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Obama gave a speech? ;-p
About 37 million were able to view an awesome speech. Good work, Sarahcuda!
batter on September 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Ever see a moose with extra tines? Or a caribou with large tines?
upinak on September 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM
I made such a fuss about all the idoiots watching Obama and crying. Well, I hate to admit it, but when the subject of her children comes up, the tears start welling up.
bopbottle on September 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Here’s the point to be made
Sarah was born to give you fevah, be it fahrenheit or centigrade
She gives you fevah as you watch her at every turn
Fever till you sizzle, oh what a lovely way to burn
Tav on September 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Polar Bear Pin = Libtards Pulling Their Hair Out In Chunks
The Ugly American on September 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM
So far:
Sarah’Cuda
Arctic Fox
Teh Cuda
Cuda-licious
Keep ‘em coming.
ManlyRash on September 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM
LOL….I’m so stealing that.
The Ugly American on September 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM
I just sent this response to the article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903177.html
Damiano on September 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM
While Palin’s numbers (in viewership) are quite impressive and rival that of UH-bama’s, I have a nagging fear that McCain will have less numbers than Palin when he formally accepts. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Sarah Palin / Cindy McCain / Meghan McCain
Babes we can believe in
ynot4tony2 on September 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Dang, Damiano! You’re on a roll!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 4, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Probably. It is after all the best day of the year – the beginning of regular season football.
Slublog on September 4, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Pwned. Kudos, Damiano. Nicely done.
ManlyRash on September 4, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Well over 80% watched from Alaska. So that is about… 450K people. We weren’t even a blip!
upinak on September 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM
(sigh) I never thought I’d want to have a life sized poster of a VP in my bedroom….
….and I’m an old married guy.
Star20 on September 4, 2008 at 3:36 PM
It would be way funnier if they decided they wanted to do the interview at the same time as O’Reilly, but on MSNBC. Given how Repuli-phobic Keith Olbermann is, if they told him Sarah Palin was flying to New York to do the interview at 30 Rock, he’d suddenly be hunting high and low around the world for a hurricane to go cover.
jon1979 on September 4, 2008 at 3:37 PM
???
AverageJoe on September 4, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Rudy gave a great speech. But, when he went off script at the end, wow. He really was hitting Sen. Obama hard. Excellent job by his honor.
cryptojunkie on September 4, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Do remember that there are three of them and their opinions are not always in accord.
I will say that they are the only bloggers (or other media people) who seem willing to recognize the seriousness of Peggy Noonan’s blunder yesterday. Peggy’s explanation in the WSJ strained credulity. And even if it was true, which is a stretch, it shows that she is distracted and unfocused.
BigD on September 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I finally got a LOL moment on that one.
Thanks.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
ManlyRash,
Earlier, Drudge called her “Wonder Woman.”
Cool..
Star20 on September 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Probably, but so what? We all know Palin’s the rockstar.
nickj116 on September 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I just have to add, I work in a manufacturing facility of about 300 people where politics is traditionally off the table as an acceptable office conversation. I live in a blue state, but sort of a “purplish” area. Sort of a centrist democrat place. This morning when I walked into work it. was. amazing.
People couldn’t stop talking about her. Her kids, her family, her speech, her values. Everyone here loves her, and to a person the sentiment was “finally, one of us!”
And it’s more than just my office. Appears it’s the better part of 37 million of us.
rightallthetime on September 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
AG!!
nickj116 on September 4, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Thank you, MSM, for four days to relentless and lurid Sarah-bashing to make sure that everyone tuned in.
JudetheFossil on September 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Tell your day-to-day left-leaning aquaintences that they have nothing to fear in McCain/Palin. That’s what I’m doing. If they think the GOP is corrupt, point out that Sarah has cleaned up at least her state. Ask them if they want us to drill now! Let them know that McCain/Palin do to. Ask them if they think times are hard (I don’t reallly think so, how can you argue they are when the majority of Americans are buying large flat screen TVs) and think that Obama’s outrageous taxes will help. Let them know that McCain/Palin don’t want you to either. Spread the message. It’s not the Gospel but the Republican ticket does bring good news.
shick on September 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM
It’s a good number, but you have to take into account inflation. With the increase in the price of televisions since last week, and demographic changes since late August, Barack Obama’s audience was a good measure larger than that which watched Palin.
YYZ on September 4, 2008 at 3:41 PM
don’t discount the fact that many of the people who support her belong to churches that have Wednesday night services. I think there could’ve been a higher rating for another night.
pecan pie on September 4, 2008 at 3:41 PM
You might say Sarah Palin is the new black.
bloggless on September 4, 2008 at 3:41 PM
to=too
shick on September 4, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Fixed!
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM
1. Let BO turn up on the Factor tonight. More people will be watching the NFL and tune in for McCain after.
2. As far as e-mailing the media, send them Steynian notes thanking them for acting so hysterically that over 37 million tuned in to see the highly-acclaimed Palin speech, which not only will have regular Americans falling in love with her, but also trusting the MSM less.
Karl on September 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM
So my bet is if you take radio into account, more people heard Gov. Palin’s speech last night then heard Obama’s last week!!!
GO GOV. SARAHCUDDA GO!!!!!!
azcop on September 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Barack made a statement about the Rethugs playing down his “community organizer” experience!
carbon_footprint on September 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM
I would encourage everyone to join in the fun and write to the illustrious Ms. Morales.
Here is a link:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/lisa+de+moraes/
Regrettably, I neglected to mention that the 1 million viewer disparity likely had something to do with Palin not building a temple in her own honor or rent out a football stadium.
Too bad the bio video didn’t make it out last night. Undecideds need to see that one. It pretty much kills the experience argument.
Damiano on September 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Obama shoulda scheduled his interview after Palin’s speech :D
YellowDawg on September 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Meh. Linda Carter still has the lock on that one.
ManlyRash on September 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM
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