The Ratings, The Horror

40 million people tuned in for Obama's speech because they knew what he was going to try to do and they genuinely wanted to see if he could do it. And he did.

38 million people tuned in for Palin's speech because they didn't know anything about her, couldn't imagine what she'd have to talk about, and genuinely wanted to see if she would even show up.

Raw numbers don't tell the tale: a pound of shit and a pound of gold weigh exactly the same.