09.04.08 4:46 PM CDT
• Politics
• Playboy Staff
Ahead of Sarah Palin's speech yesterday I said that I wouldn't be surprised if her appearance rivaled Obama's in terms of television viewership. Well, the Times has just reported that not only did Palin's speech trump Joe Biden's by 13 million viewers, she was only 1 million shy of Obama's record of 38.4 million. So it wasn't just the Twin City traffic!
This country is most definitely hooked on a reality show called The Presidential Election. I sort of suspect that after another two weeks of
Palin the public will (possibly gratefully) return to Obama, but who knows, the Alaskan governor may turn out to be one of those "special guests" who gets her own hit spin-off series.
—Glynnis MacNicol
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