GOP Debate Logs 13.5 Million Viewers, Record For Fox Business Network

[Blue_Adept]

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This presidential elections cycle’s dizzying debate ratings started in August when an eye-popping 24 million people watched real estate mogul/reality TV star Donald Trump make his GOP debate debut on Fox News Channel. The next month, CNN’s GOP debate clocked a slightly smaller crowd of 23 million and ad rates climbed to $200K per 30-second spot. CNBC 14 million viewers still is nearly twice as many viewers as the most watched debate in ’12 on any network. And the ad rate approaching $250K is unheard of for debate telecasts.

And for those keeping score:

Guess who won the twitter debate, volume-wise:

1. Donald Trump ( 217,017 )
2. Ted Cruz ( 139,455 )
3. Ben Carson ( 129,150 )
4. John Kasich ( 113,607 )
5. Carly Fiorina ( 74,304)
6. Jeb Bush ( 70,812 )
7. Rand Paul ( 37,467)
8. Marco Rubio ( 23,283 )

[Todays_Illusion]

1. The Republican debates create so much negative talk about Republicans the idea of Republican primary

debates might have to be cancelled. /s

[merrily]

2. Thank heaven, Debbie Republican Schultz saved Democrats from hours of free TV time and

concomitantly had Republicans, mostly Trump, taking up all the oxygen in political reporting rooms for weeks on end.

2014 midterms aside, that decision alone should have had her out on her tone deaf ear. Who's been protecting her job?