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Hillary Clinton’s Speech Boosts DNC Ratings

Aug 27, 2008  •  Post A Comment

Interest in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s speech regarding party unity helped boost ratings during the second night of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday.
NBC, ABC and CBS reported substantial gains over Monday’s hour of coverage of Michelle Obama’s speech.
In 56 metered markets, NBC brought in a 4.9 rating/8 share in preliminary households, increasing 29% from Monday. That was the largest increase and the highest rating of the night in convention coverage.
ABC took in a 3.8/6, up 31%, and CBS ended the night with a 2.7/4, moving the needle 13% from Monday.
The networks opted to skip prime-time coverage of the second day of the 2004 DNC, which featured a speech from Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of 2004’s Democratic nominee John Kerry, as well as a keynote address from Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

41 Comments

  1. To the DNC
    I am very sadden by the way the new media has stolen this time in history away from Obama and has made it all about the Clinton’s. Before Obama announced his run to be President I had switched my afflication to become an independent. Once he entered the race I had to switch back to become a Dem. Obama promised a different type of race a different type of politics and I admire him for that. During the primaries Hillary did all she could to make him a flawed and damaged candidate in case he would win. Her goal was to hurt him and hurt him badly so she could once again run in 2012. She did what she set out to do. Her speech the other night was great up to a point. She did what she had to do to make herself look good. To give herself the edge when she would run again. She said what she had to say, not for him but for herself. She is very self-serving that way and so very calculating. She never said that she beleived that Obama was ready to lead or that his visions for the future of the Unitied States would make him a good commander and chief. She has let McCains 3am add stand where he used her words to knock Obama. I do not feel that her speech was a home run as so many news pundits wants to claim.
    I am so dissappointed in the DNC because where Obama wants to run a different type of race without using the smear, slash and burn tactics
    of old where is his support from all of you? Where are you supporting this message of change in the way you do politics. I am so sick and tired of the old ways of doing things. How can your party change anything if you stick to the same old tactics. How can America be better for all if it all depends on who can run the more nasty and dirty campaign. If you let stand the comments that McCain made about Obama literally calling him a traitor. Where was your outrage?
    When Gen. Clark said that McCains military service does not qualify him to be President the Republicans was all over that. What Gen. Clark said was true. McCain was a solider in Viet Nam,
    so was my brother and so many hundreds of thousand young men do they all qualify to be President. McCain was a prisoner of war and he was lucky enough to survive that experience, but does this country owe him the Presidency? He enlisted, he was a soilder, he followed orders, he was a prisoner of war and followed the rules of the service when they were going to release him before others who were there longer. He did not want to disgrace his family name by jumping ahead of others. He did that to save face within his military family and within the navy, not for his country. I am not taking anything away from him for putting his life on the line for his country, he derserves the up-most respect for that. But it does not give him the right to questions anothers patroitism or call another a traitor. Obama is running for President literally putting his life on the line. How many death threats has he recieved just because he is a black man running? He is puttinig his life on the line because he does love this country and is willing to die for it. There are so many crazy people in this world that does not want a Black man or a man of color in the White House that his whole family could pay the price for it. Look what they did to Martin Luther Kings family. So where are you for him. Where the hell or your voices. Obama sees America as it should be and he believes it can be and there is nothing self serving about him. What he lacks in expeience he doubles in vision. With Joe Biden as his VP you have something very special and rare there. Obama says this is our time if you believe in change but he can’t do it alone. So where are you for him. While McCain makes him out to be a celebrity because he can draw large crowds to hear him speak that is what this country needs. That should be what you want. You want the American people to listen you want the world to listen to a positive hopeful message for us and the world. You want a President that is respected by all. You want and need a President that can go anywhere in the world and people cheer and wave the American flag. We need a President that can speak to other leaders with an open mind. But where are you for this once in a lifetime chance to do it right?
    There are just 70 days left and if you do not get off your butts and take a stronger stand for Obama and what he stands for we the American people will be on our way to become just another third world country. None of you have had the guts to make a strong stand against McCain. Rather the focus has been on the Clintons and making them feel better about themselves. Why don’t you come out against the news pundits and the way the lack of coverage on Obama. The way they continue to make excuses for McCain and all his mis-statements and inaccurices he had made. How he will lead us into war after war. Why don’t we hear more about McCains thoughts on reinstating the draft. Where the heck are you people. I watch TV closely waiting to hear from you on the morning shows showing the clear difference between these two men. Why not let people know that McCain is a very angry man and this is not the man that you want with his finger on the button. That he is quick to fly off the handel and reacts to situations in an angry way without giving it a second thought. Where are you and what are you doing to lead this country into a better place. Why isn’t there an ad showing McCain making all those gaffs on a continuous loop. How can he speak to leaders of the world if he can’t speak straight to us. Who will be there to whisper in his ears to what he should have said instead of what he did say?
    Please I am looking for a better America. I was going to switch my party because I saw the Democrats as weak, please prove me wrong.

  2. I am so dissappointed in the DNC because where Obama wants to run a different type of race without using the smear, slash and burn tactics
    of old where is his support from all of you? Where are you supporting this message of change in the way you do politics. I am so sick and tired of the old ways of doing things. How can your party change anything if you stick to the same old tactics. How can America be better for all if it all depends on who can run the more nasty and dirty campaign. If you let stand the comments that McCain made about Obama literally calling him a traitor. Where was your outrage?
    When Gen. Clark said that McCains military service does not qualify him to be President the Republicans was all over that. What Gen. Clark said was true. McCain was a solider in Viet Nam,
    so was my brother and so many hundreds of thousand young men do they all qualify to be President. McCain was a prisoner of war and he was lucky enough to survive that experience, but does this country owe him the Presidency? He enlisted, he was a soilder, he followed orders, he was a prisoner of war and followed the rules of the service when they were going to release him before others who were there longer. He did not want to disgrace his family name by jumping ahead of others. He did that to save face within his military family and within the navy, not for his country. I am not taking anything away from him for putting his life on the line for his country, he derserves the up-most respect for that. But it does not give him the right to questions anothers patroitism or call another a traitor. Obama is running for President literally putting his life on the line. How many death threats has he recieved just because he is a black man running? He is puttinig his life on the line because he does love this country and is willing to die for it. There are so many crazy people in this world that does not want a Black man or a man of color in the White House that his whole family could pay the price for it. Look what they did to Martin Luther Kings family. So where are you for him. Where the hell or your voices. Obama sees America as it should be and he believes it can be and there is nothing self serving about him. What he lacks in expeience he doubles in vision. With Joe Biden as his VP you have something very special and rare there. Obama says this is our time if you believe in change but he can’t do it alone. So where are you for him. While McCain makes him out to be a celebrity because he can draw large crowds to hear him speak that is what this country needs. That should be what you want. You want the American people to listen you want the world to listen to a positive hopeful message for us and the world. You want a President that is respected by all. You want and need a President that can go anywhere in the world and people cheer and wave the American flag. We need a President that can speak to other leaders with an open mind. But where are you for this once in a lifetime chance to do it right?
    There are just 70 days left and if you do not get off your butts and take a stronger stand for Obama and what he stands for we the American people will be on our way to become just another third world country. None of you have had the guts to make a strong stand against McCain. Rather the focus has been on the Clintons and making them feel better about themselves. Why don’t you come out against the news pundits and the way the lack of coverage on Obama. The way they continue to make excuses for McCain and all his mis-statements and inaccurices he had made. How he will lead us into war after war. Why don’t we hear more about McCains thoughts on reinstating the draft. Where the heck are you people. I watch TV closely waiting to hear from you on the morning shows showing the clear difference between these two men. Why not let people know that McCain is a very angry man and this is not the man that you want with his finger on the button. That he is quick to fly off the handel and reacts to situations in an angry way without giving it a second thought. Where are you and what are you doing to lead this country into a better place. Why isn’t there an ad showing McCain making all those gaffs on a continuous loop. How can he speak to leaders of the world if he can’t speak straight to us. Who will be there to whisper in his ears to what he should have said instead of what he did say?
    Please I am looking for a better America. I was going to switch my party because I saw the Democrats as weak, please prove me wrong.

  3. STOP CRYING!
    Everyone wants to blame Hillary for everything. I been hearing “more should have been said in her speech to uplift Obama.” She said what she wanted to say. Now that the media has gotten rid of Hillary, they will now surely do the same for Obama. The media knew John McCane could not win against Hillary… So they conspired against her. Now Obama has the nomination, and the media is doing the same exact thing they did to Hillary. Hillary would have been a better president than Obama. Now, I say to all of you who wanted to rid yourself of Hillary, you have… Now what? You still won’t get my vote for Obama. Now who wins?

  4. Lyra, You have issues. You need to get a job and life. What your long and winded comment shows is how pathetic you are. I did not even read the rest. I only read the 1st sentence.
    Next time, try to structure your report.

  5. this is riley saying that hillary should win

  6. LYRA TALARICO
    L – LUDICROUS T – TRIVIAL.
    Y – YUCK. A – ANIMOSITY.
    R – RETARD. L – LILLIPUTIAN.
    A – ARID. A – ARSENIC.
    R – RISIBLE.
    I – IGNORANT.
    C – CARTOON.
    O – ODD.
    YOU ARE A JOKE . FEEL SORRY FOR YOU .
    SENATOR CLINTON WAS THE BEST FOR THE WHITE HOUSE ; IDIOT .

  7. No matter what people have muttered against Hillary Clinton, she is the best person to be the President of USA.
    Those people who do not like Hillary, youa re all wrong and very mistaken because it will not take a long time to educate you to realise your thoughts.
    Those who are in favour of Obama, you are only an inch away from converting the USA as a Muslim country which will end the currently ongoing wars.
    The Obama supporters must bear this in your mind, if you have a black skin you can never change it to white and if you are a very sexy you can not resist your temptation from going after the beautiful ladies.
    Hillary was a very open minded person who vied to bring better policy to give better life for those who were in desperate and it is very, very rare to find such a person like Hillary in this world but the opportunity has gone and I am not sure how responsive can the new President be for those people who are in need of help.
    If Hillary has won the nomination, she would have been a very mother to not only to USA but to the world, this of course was explicite in her every appearance.
    Those who have a bad impression against Hillary may well be very wrong and it is too late for them to express their regrets. Remeber white is white and black is black anyone can distinguish them.
    SARAN

  8. Hey Saran Wrap, you’re skin color comment is the most bigoted that I have ever read and you should be ashamed of yourself.
    That is not what America is all about. I am tempted to stoop to your level to put you in your place but I will not.
    OK, it’s hard to resist so here goes: your name is not even American. Saran Kumar Limbu? That’s a Muslim sounding name.
    I will report you to the FBI to track you down. Hate crime is a crime punishable by imprisonment. I know your IP address.
    Watch your back because big brother is watching Saran Wrap.

  9. Hey Duke,
    I totally agree with you. What’s wrong with Saran wrap? He needs to leave his comments to himself.

  10. Hillary loses and takes it like a man. Barack wins and his supporters act like babies. Now it’s up to her to “do enough” to get him elected. It’s not her fault she is more qualified then him and it’s not her fault that she won more votes then him. If Barack is tired of politics the way they are then why is he a politician? I’m sorry, I find him very hypocritical.

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