Assignment 3 RNC O'Brien

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More than 41 million Americans watched John McCain deliver his acceptance speech Thursday night, essentially reaching the same number of viewers that Barack Obama did last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.

In a closely-watched ratings race, Mr. McCain edged out his running mate Sarah Palin, who reached 37.2 million viewers on Wednesday night.

Mr. McCain’s speech was watched by 38.9 million viewers on the three broadcast networks, three cable news channels, and two Spanish-language channels, according to Nielsen. That figure is slightly ahead of the 38.3 million who watched Mr. Obama last Thursday on those eight channels plus BET and TV One.

I think that this comment post makes it very clear that McCain does stand a good chance and maybe even a better one at becoming president. Considering how many people were also watching his vice president speak and the comment you hear about her, I think it is proven McCain has a better chance in the elections and in my opinion go McCAIN!!! We need someone with experience and the country has shown by this television percentage that more people care about what McCain has to to say and not Obama, by a small amount yes, but this is a close race after all.

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This election is going to be the tale of two strong women. One who Obama didn’t chose for VP, and one who McCain did.

When I hear this comment I think of the swing votes that McCain wants to pick up. When I say that I mean the Hillary votes. He elected his vice president because of the fact she is a woman and show of his political agenda in Canada for oil. But I believe his main goal was to appeal t0o Hillary supporters so we can steal those votes from Obama. Thsi leaves McCain with a great opportunity to turn the tides.

3) My opinion on the Republican convention is that there , in the beginning, was way to much bashing on Obama because now they have fuiled his campaign and teh democratic cause. However.....I think they satnd a good chance with his vice president choice. She is very smart and will bet eh first to ever allow drilling in Alaska if it means getting rid of the reliance on foreign oil. This I believe also appelaed to not just republicans but democrats as well. This also shows he is taking it seriously and not jsut spitting words out saying waht he will do but how he will do it. I think the the Republicans with her have more than evened it out and if I could vote they would have my vote.