Viewers

More people watched John McCain's speech than Barack Obama's. Reuters reported that McCain drew 38.9 million viewers, compared to Obama's 38.3 million. How is that even POSSIBLE!? Whatever your politics, it's well-recognized that Obama is a MUCH better speaker than McCain. So much better, in fact, that the McCain campaign has been attacking Obama for his fluffly language and "empty words." Overall, the GOP convention just beat out the DNC (34.5 million to 30.2 million), making the RNC the most-watched party convention on television - ever.

But just because more people were watching, doesn't mean you're winning. Just a quick glance at the electoral map shows that McCain is definitely playing from behind - which (in my opinion) is why he went with a hail-mary pass in choosing Palin as his running mate.