tvbythenumbers.com - 1/22/2009
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Final Update : The Obama inauguration was watched by 37.8 million, second only to Reagan’s 41.8 million in 1981. Another update : still haven’t seen the viewer numbers but James Hibberd reminded me that a household ratings point is larger today than it was in 1981, so Reagan’s record might not ...
amazon.com - 1/22/2009
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amazon.com —
Review "With help from a loving Beltway press
corps, Republicans sold Reagan as the iconic American leader....
From promotions like the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project and Operation Serenade, the GOP marketing machine worked to perfection. Will Bunch's long ...
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Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has ...
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/21/2009
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The speech , I thought, was a sometimes-dissonant,
sometimes-successful attempt to marry expansiveness and sobriety. The language...
of realism was woven throughout - "our collective failure to make hard choices ... the time has come to set aside ...
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A Little Carter, A Little Reagan
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Weekly Standard Blog —
Isn't it nice to know that the WaPo can still surprise you with its bias after all these years?
Stimulus could do some good, but won't actually stimulate.
The re-oath.
What will become of the 50-state strategy?
Sizing up Obama's executive orders.
"It is so amazing to see what the daughter of a son of a mill worker can achieve in the dawning Age of Obama!"
Ha: TV audience for Obama's inauguration couldn't top Reagan's audience in 1981.
Caroline Kennedy shows ...
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THE ONE IS NUMBER TWO: The Obama inauguration was watched by 37.8 million, second only to Reagan’…
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THE ONE IS NUMBER TWO: The Obama inauguration was watched by 37.8 million, second only to Reagan’s 41.8 million in 1981.
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Faked But Accurate: Inaugural's Pre-Oath Quartet Synched Their Taped Performance
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Exit question for Carol Florman: How many of those in attendance, and how many of the 37.8 million TV viewers (about 9% fewer than the 41.8 million who watched Ronald Reagan's inauguration, and over 30% lower on a percentage-of-population basis), believed the quartet's performance was live? ...
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