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38 Million View Obama’s Speech; Highest-Rated Convention In History - TV Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

Submitted by Jasongoldberg

Aug 29, 2008

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Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday as an estimated 38 million viewers watched on television, setting a new record for convention viewership, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Mr. Obama’s speech — a historic one given his status as the first African American nominee of a major political party — reached significantly more viewers than the comparable addresses in 2004. Coverage of John Kerry’s acceptance speech in 2004 had 24.4 million viewers; coverage of George W. Bush’s convention speech that same year drew 27.5 million. Read the full article

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Texasvietvet,

Sep 01, 2008

I believe the world sees Obama for what he is. A decent, brilliant young man that is concerned for his country and his fellow man.
On the other hand, the conservanazi republikants have nothing to offer up except demonization of Obama and a huge pack of lies.
Will common sense and the will of the people prevail? I pray it does, if not, this country is doomed under the direction of the conservanazis like bu$h.