Topic: Gingrich for President

[charlesoakwood]

Nobody watches the debates.............

That is an absurd statement. The debates are the very things that are causing the various candidates tro rise and fall in the polls.

Check out the number at this forum who watches debates. 
Membership here is much more concerned with the outcome
of this election than the public.  I'd like to see the viewer
score, probably as many as watch Cwissy.

[CatholicCrusader]

Nobody watches the debates.............

That is an absurd statement. The debates are the very things that are causing the various candidates tro rise and fall in the polls.

Check out the number at this forum who watches debates. 
Membership here is much more concerned with the outcome
of this election than the public.  I'd like to see the viewer
score, probably as many as watch Cwissy.

I thought you meant the general public

[charlesoakwood]

I did/do, the ratings (viewership) is probably no more than the number that watch Criss Mathews.

[CatholicCrusader]

I did/do, the ratings (viewership) is probably no more than the number that watch Criss Mathews.

Hmmm.
Well, at any rate, I had originally mentioned Gingrich v. Obama, and I am quite sure that THOSE ratings will be high, and they will make a difference.

[charlesoakwood]

[blockquote]
November 10, 2011
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/cnbcs-republican-debate-tops-cable-ratings/
The debate drew 3.33 million viewers to CNBC between 8 and 10 p.m., enabling it to even top USA, which is usually the No. 1 channel on cable in prime time. (The debate skewed toward older viewers, as cable news does usually, so USA was still No. 1 in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic.)[/blockquote]

Glad they clarified what the "older" demographic is.
[blockquote]
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/23/cable-news-ratings-for-tuesday-november-22-2011/111643/comment-page-3/

5/5/2011       3,258,000
6/13/2011    3,162,000
8/11/2011    5,050,000
9/7/2011         5,411,000
9/12/2011    3,613,000
9/22/2011    6,107,000
10/18/2011    5,495,000
11/9/2011    3,332,000
11/12/2011    5,480,000
11/22/2011    3,602,000   
[/blockquote]
Out of a nation of nearly 400 million it's pretty poor.
Relative to Cwissy it's pretty good.

[Sectionhand]

I did/do, the ratings (viewership) is probably no more than the number that watch Criss Mathews.

Hmmm.
Well, at any rate, I had originally mentioned Gingrich v. Obama, and I am quite sure that THOSE ratings will be high, and they will make a difference.

I've said much the same thing . I don't know that it will , but if it happens ... THAT will be the debate to watch ! This whole thing ( election season ) got started way too early and this crowded field of candidates has done nothing but provide the media with a bountious harvest for their news hungry , Pro-Stymie grist mill . It was the height of stupidity for these candidates to agree to all of these debates . They might just as well be wearing targets on their chests because the news media is and has been locked and loaded , ready to shoot whomever comes out on top at any given time . I would never have played that game and I won't watch a single debate until they become meaningful . What we see right now is nothing more than a perversion of "American Idol" ... another piece of crap on T.V. which I have never watched !