Thompson Web Video Swamps The Pack; Rudy’s Rap of Paul Scores Best of Rest
May 16, 2007 at 3:06 pm
New Media Strategies measured which Republican presidential candidate got the biggest YouTube bump from the May 15 debate in South Carolina.
We also counted the number of viewers Fred Thompson got for his video responding to Michael Moore, which was being viewed online concurrently with the GOP debate:
Here are the stats as of 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16:
- Fred Thompson video: 598,600 viewers (posted on Vimeo, YouTube, and Google Video)
- Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani on Iraq war and 9/11: 16,904 views from online postings
Mitt Romney: 4,394 views from online postings - Ron Paul: 3,273 views from online postings (including 1,450 on supporting Iraq troop withdrawal)
- John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, and Mitt Romney on Terrorism and Torture: 2,621 views from online postings
- Rudy Giuliani: 532 views from online postings
- John McCain: 523 views from online postings
- Mike Huckabee: 442 views from online postings (365 for the Edwards hair joke)
- Tom Tancredo: 382 views from online postings
- Duncan Hunter: 271 views from online postings
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Michael Moore said,
May 16, 2007 @ 4:19 pm
Yeah, but Fred Thompson’s not a pretty as me!
http://passtheammo.com/images/temp/fat-bastard-michael-moore.jpg
Yeas Nays said,
May 17, 2007 @ 10:27 am
Undeclared Thompson bests debate field on YouTube
If you’re Fred Thompson, you’ve got to be encouraged about jumping into the race. In the wake of Tuesday’s debate among Republican presidential candidates, it was the former Tennessee senator who topped the field in YouTube views — and he wasn’t even participating.
Online intelligence firm New Media Strategies measured which candidate got the biggest YouTube bump from the May 15 debate in South Carolina. It also counted the number of viewers of Thompson’s video responding to Michael Moore, which was viewed online concurrently with the GOP debate.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Thompson’s video, in which he suggests that Moore might look into a mental institution, drew 598,600 viewers on Vimeo, YouTube and Google Video.
That dwarfs the most views from any moment during the debate. Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani’s exchange over Sept. 11 was tops from the actual event, with 16,904 views from online postings.
Mitt Romney drew 4,394 views from online postings; Paul alone got 3,273 views; John McCain, Giuliani and Romney on terrorism and torture drew 2,621 viewers. Even Mike Huckabee’s well-received joke about John Edwards’ hair only drew 365 viewers.