THE REAL PALIN DRAWS, TOO

Thursday night's vice-presidential debate was watched by nearly 70 million people on commercial broadcast and cable television networks, plus an estimated 3.5 million on PBS stations, according to Nielsen Media Research. The number eclipsed the previous ratings record for a vice-presidential debate set in 1984 when 56.7 million people tuned in to watch George H.W. Bush debate Geraldine Ferraro. The most watched presidential debate was the one in 1980 between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan when 80.6 million people watched.

06/10/2008