TVNewser reports, "There were more viewers watching Beck's 5pm show than watched the entire prime time (8-11pm) lineups on CNN and MSNBC."

TVNewswer also notes:

Beck was a close second to The O'Reilly Factor in Total Viewers, 3.07 million v. 3.19 million.

Almost 0.85% of the country !!

Twice as many people watched Katie Couric. Which doesn't exactly suggest a new Age of Pericles either, but I'm not ready to panic because of Glen Beck just yet.

"the guy who came from nothing"? His father was an attorney, his grandfather an attorney, judge and state representative for whom a a federal court building is named.

I don't know the financial circumstances of the family, but with those connections, in the 1950s/'60s, that's starting a long way from nothing.

I will join those who feel bad for the things you've had to put up with, and you handled the Coulter harridan well.

Joan Joan Joan Joan Joan Joan

Can't get your contrarian high from just The Idiot Paglia anymore?

If your addiction is getting that much stronger, it's time to talk to a professional.

This is no surprise to those of us who were brave enough

on your courage.

So the secretary of the army, the ambassador to China, and the Department of Health and Human Service liaison to community and faith-based organizations are key players in determining abortion policy? Who knew?

There are a lot of things I don't like about the Obama administration so far (and a lot more I do) but the absurd hysterics over things like this just make it harder to make legitimate critiques.

These words were spoken, without irony, by the man who defended the murderer of an abortion doctor, pro bono, so that he could use those creds to win a primary?