Ratings down 31% last night, only 25 million watched Romney

[jezebel]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gop-convention-ratings-drop-31-for-final-night-2012-08-31

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The final night of the Republican National Convention drew 31% fewer television viewers than the same night in 2008, according to preliminary data from Nielsen. Over six networks, the Thursday wrap-up of the GOP gathering was seen by an average of 25.3 million viewers between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Eastern time.

[Cali_Democrat]

1. And the people who didn't watch

are now hearing all about Clint Eastwood the next day. They will go home, turn on the TV or go to youtube and view Clint Eastwood. They won't care for Romney's speech.

This is a GOP fail of epic proportions.

[SheilaT]

2. Didn't any of those people have an

"off" button on the remote?

[mick063]

3. Put a fork in the Tea Party/FOX influenced GOP.

They overestimate everything from number of hotel room required in Vegas, to number of Porta Pottys needed at their "rallys", to venue size required in Michigan.

Romney is speaking to a diminishing group. Thirty one percent fewer people watched the convention than four years ago. FOX brought them to a fervor pitch in 2010 but anger fatigue has set in.

The "grass roots" are giving up. All that is left is FOX cheerleading, GOP State Houses disenfranchising voters, and multi millionaires throwing cash into a sinkhole. The oridanry citizen knows that politics is about ideas and the GOP can't offer fresh ideas that appeal to anyone other than racists, theocrats, and billionaires. The Reagan memes have lived beyond their expiration date. George W. Bush revealed what Reagan's vision would be when implemented. We don't want more of the same.