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September 5, 2008 3:39 PM

McCain's Acceptance Speech Draws Bigger Audience Than Obama's

Posted by Scott Conroy
Barack Obama may have had a much larger crowd watching his acceptance at Invesco Field in Denver than John McCain did inside the Republican Convention hall in St. Paul, but according to Neilsen ratings released today, more people watched McCain's speech on TV.

38.9 million people viewed McCain's address to his convention in St. Paul, while 38.4 million watched Obama's speech in Denver, according to the Neilsen ratings.

Significantly more men than women watched McCain's speech, while more women than men watched Obama's speech.

More than 5 million more white viewers watched McCain's speech, but more than 4.5 million African-Americans tuned into to watch Obama accept his party's nomination.
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by mattcat25 September 8, 2008 1:24 PM EDT
John Grampy McCain seemed that he almost needed to be rolled out on a wheelchair to his spot at the speech podium. McCain was speaking to a fired up right wing audience, but the convention attendees seemed a bit bewildered when Gramps stated that he doesn%u2019t work for a Political Party or Special Interests Groups, he works %u201Cfor you!%u201D the Republican Party Crowd jumped to applause, but then many I observed to be puzzled at that statement.

So, What is it?
Are John McCain and Sarah Palin changing the Republican Party and redirecting the Conservative Agenda?

Or, was McCain (and his new crony Palin) simply just lying (as Republicans always seem to do so very well) to the American electorate?

Change? Reform? REGROUP?
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by kate1149 September 8, 2008 8:52 AM EDT
Of course McCain would get more TV watchers - young people do not sit at home and watch political conventions. The under 45 crowd that is heavily for Obama get their news from the Internet - they don''t even watch the nightly news. Studies have shown that nightly news shows are watched by those who are 55 and above - and politics on TV is just not something the younger generation is into. This does not mean that they don''t keep up on what is going on or that they don''t blog - but the Internet is their major media outlet.
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by vincan-2009 September 8, 2008 12:10 AM EDT
Everyone who watched McCain''s convention speech said it was so boring that the protesters were the most interesting thing. I did not listen to any of the republican convention speakers because I heard enough afterward to know all they did was lie and say mean and hateful things about Senator Obama. Real swell people who don''t care about fixing the mess the country is in, they only like to hear the lies.
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by vincan-2009 September 7, 2008 11:38 PM EDT
Bringing the tax rate back to what it was before Bush and republicans decided to cut taxes on millionaires and billionaires will be great. It will be the middle class and the hardworking Americans who will get tax cuts from the Obama administration. The giant subsidies for oil companies will come to an end. Once Obama gets in there and gets things Bush has messed up straightened out, there will be a lot of ways Obama can improve things for all Americans. All McCain, the multi-millionaire, wants to do is make sure nothing gets any funding. He is the most miserly man I have ever seen.
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by realidad-2009 September 7, 2008 1:01 PM EDT
September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments. At the time, nearly 65% of people polled in a CNN poll indicted that "things are going either moderately badly or very badly in Iraq.

May 2006: McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.

April 2006: McCain was one of only 13 Senators to vote against $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.

March 2006: McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.

A Military Hero, or McBush with 95% Bush Vote in Congress?
McCain "Supports Bush/Cheney Iraq War of Choice and Continued Oil Occupation... For Next 100 Years if Needed For Victory"!

McCain Does Not Support American Soldiers and Their Families.... Only Himself!
I saw a lot of Old VFW Codgers... none young Iraq Veterans?
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by blueskypie September 7, 2008 5:21 AM EDT
trying to divide up the races, obama is half white so he got both black and white. These people cannot tell how many blacks vs. Whites watched, don''t fall for the spin, 4 more years of Bush McCain, 4 more of the same.
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by puma2012 September 7, 2008 5:16 AM EDT
The O''Man''s campaign is dead, it just hasn''t started to stink yet. The DNC made a huge mistake when they crowned this clown king of the Democratic party. We can try again in 2012.
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by semperfi2008 September 7, 2008 5:08 AM EDT
Looks like the "messiah" is angry because he lost the spotlight to McCain and Palin. That''s ok, he can take all the money his followers raised for him and retire in style in the Bahamas. That might take some of the sniffles away. Poor guy.
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by DCropp September 7, 2008 3:32 AM EDT
CBS needs to check the numbers posted by PBS. PBS posted 0.5 million more viewers watched Obama than McCain.

When that''s combined with the other networks, it''s a tie.
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by djbjustice September 7, 2008 2:51 AM EDT
Obama opposers say he has done nothing, but he has introduced many, many, bills. Just google Bills introduced by Barack Obama. American government needs to woo companies to stay home, because other governments are wooing them away. Manufacturing is particularly important and brings more revenue than any other sector. Yet under GW Bush, manufacturing jobs in America have decreased by the millions, and nothing is even being said about it by the GOP. Palin reform? No abortion even when rape has occured, no Global warming, no ANWR, no to Polar Bears. Old news, again, not reform.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d109&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen Obama Barack)) 01763))
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by johnababb September 7, 2008 1:11 AM EDT
It seems to me that the two candidates are very CLOSE in the polls and in the number of TV viewers, etc. Anyway, I am an undecided voter and I have a basic question? Why is taxing the rich such a desirable thing to do? Isn''t our economy based on everyone getting his/her chance to be rich? Shouldn''t we just have a consistent tax rate for all? I am waiting for more details from these 2 candidates on their specific plans.... THEN, I''ll decide who I am voting for. I don''t even listen to all of the political name-calling.
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by johnababb September 7, 2008 1:10 AM EDT
It seems to me that the two candidates are very CLOSE in the polls and in the number of TV viewers, etc. Anyway, I am an undecided voter and I have a basic question? Why is taxing the rich such a desirable thing to do? Isn''t our economy based on everyone getting his/her chance to be rich? Shouldn''t we just have a consistent tax rate for all? I am waiting for more details from these 2 candidates on their specific plans.... THEN, I''ll decide who I am voting for. I don''t even listen to all of the political name-calling.
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by prepaidlee September 6, 2008 11:49 PM EDT
Barack Obama will make a better President than John McCain. The white male continues to think it is of the superior race and the superior gender. Some white men should be ashamed of their forefathers for killing the Native Americans, Aborigines, the Mauri people of New Zealand, the Aztecs of Mexico, and stealing their land. Bush stole from the American public with 8 years of trashy administration. Enough alrady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Obama. If I was white, I would be ashamed of the history of the white male. Therefore Republicans should be ashamed of the history of the last 8 years.
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by jefflz-2009 September 6, 2008 10:44 PM EDT
McCain has mobilized the hard right wing of the Republican Party and they are coming out in droves -you know- the Ralph Reed, Phyllis Shattley, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O''Reilly crowd. They were the power behind Bush and now with Palin they will be the power behind McCain all carefully orchestrated by the Karl Rove band of dirty tricksters. So we change the name from Bush to McCain but that is the end of the change he now mumbles on about. Furthermore McCain has turned this election into a soap opera about Sarah Palin and her family. When people are losing their jobs, their homes, and soldiers are losing their lives McCain wants to turn extremist social issues. Why are we talking about Roe v. Wade again instead of the economy? Why has religious fundamentalism reared its ugly head again instead of a debate about energy or foreign policy? This is the cynical legacy of a fake maverick pretending to be a straight talker. McCain has turned this election into a three ring circus to avoid facing the truth: We have had eight years of a nightmarish Bush administration and he will bring us four more years of the same economic policies and enthusiasm for war. The McCain of 2000 is dead, meet the McCain of 2008, former war hero who now hides behind the skirts of PitBull Palin ! He can run but he cannot hide from 8 years of failure.
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by gce65 September 6, 2008 9:43 PM EDT
A simple explanation why more watched McCain than Obama? Neilsen does not measure those got tired of all the political commentary and decided to watch it on C-SPAN.
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by dudeky September 6, 2008 9:38 PM EDT
that is so right we need to put away the apron and vote for sarah and she will be better to get something done than obiden obama they just want a bigger pay check and to try to make things right for the past like 400 years ago which did not even include obama,,,he is from today not 400 years ago,,,,,,,get a life obama and leave the past in the past
people wanted to listen to sarah and not obama or michelle they had nothing to say and will have nothing to offer america
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by lottobee September 6, 2008 6:57 PM EDT
The little lady in the kitchen will put away her apron and VOTE on election day for a chance to have a woman in the White House ---whether she agrees with her or NOT!!! That''s what the bama is worried about.
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by peterp111 September 6, 2008 6:11 PM EDT
A worker at Denver''s Invesco Field saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention that were headed for the garbage.

Even though The Democrats had no use for the flags, the Republicans did. The Democrats'''''''' discarded flags were used at a McCain/Palin event in Colorado Springs.

You would think that when your standard bearer has a record of disrespecting the flag, and even replaces the American flag with the Obama logo, his campaign would be a lot more sensitive to the issue.

Liberals have proven they are the: Americans Losers.
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by renonv5 September 6, 2008 1:52 PM EDT
This was no surprise, it seems all Obama can do effectively is make a speech. They drove the one real candidate out the door and now BEG her to help him get elected. A sorry state of affairs if I ever saw one.
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by Antwms September 6, 2008 12:11 PM EDT
There is a COVER!!! Here is what Rick Davis has to say about public access to Sarah Palin, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/vp/26559911#26559911.

It appears the Rick Davis is running the campaign instead of the nominee. What is wrong with this picture? We better be skeptical.

Vets we heard McCain extol his POW experience, but if you listened to his acceptance speech. This man will create addition tension in the world to line the pockets of war profiteers like Blackwater.

This man has dementia like Regan during the last few years of his administration. He can remember the past with clarify, yet unable to remember what happened yesterday.

American, please join me in bring in a fresh administration so that the truth behind the wars and decision-making can be exposed.

Obama | Biden 2008
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