Sean Sullivan passes along Pew’s polling on attention paid to Clint’s improv:
Eastwood’s speech left as much of an impression in the minds of those who tuned in as Mitt Romney’s speech did. Among Americans who watched at least a little convention coverage, 20 percent said the actor/director’s speech was the highlight while 17 percent said Romney’s nomination acceptance address was the highlight. … Even among Republicans, Romney’s speech was not a huge attention-grabber. Twenty-five percent of Republicans polled said that Romney’s speech was the highlight of the convention. But Eastwood’s address was not far behind: Nearly one-in-five (19 percent) Republicans named Eastwood’s speech the highlight of the GOP gathering. Twenty-six percent of independents said Eastwood’s speech was the highlight of the convention, while a plurality of Democrats said there was no highlight.
In response to the new numbers, Douthat attempts to defend Eastwood’s speech. Meanwhile, someone is still having fun:
@invisibleobama FAKE! Your birth certificate is fake! Times tamp on it is 1030PM hours AFTER you appeared on NTL TV! FAKE!FAKER!
— Jonathan Stack (@Jonathanstack) September 4, 2012
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