In the Convention Ratings Race, We Already Have a Winner

Friday, August 22, 2008; Page C05 More of you will watch the Democratic National Convention next week than will watch the Republican National Convention that follows. We know this because -- irrespective of this election cycle's historic it's-about-time Dem nomination of a nonwhite guy who, we know from that GOP ad, is a rock star the likes of which we haven't seen since the pre-slammer days of Paris Hilton -- historically you are more attracted to the Democrats' confabs than to those thrown by the GOP. Given the closeness of this presidential race and how many people say they are still undecided about their voting intentions, this TV ratings point may actually be very important. TV types generally acknowledge that, while conventions for some time have been little more than pomp-and-circumstance ceremonies, this time the... [read full story]