O'Reilly

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Originally Posted by dissention

Not true. Go look at ratings statistics and polls, his audience is almost always 60% Republican, 25-30% Democrats, and 5-10% independent/swing.

I tried to find some numbers on his show and came up with he gets about 2 to 2.5 million viewers a night in Aug. 2004 - Comparativly, I found that in August 2004, Hannity and Colms got about 1.7 million, Greta VS got about 1.5, Larry King got about 1.4, etc. These numbers fluctuate and have been higher and lower, but that is the general idea. So, The Factor is huge by comparison. And - even if those demographics are an accurate representation of the political leanins of The Factor's audience, if Kerry could swing some of that population of swing voters and maybe one of two R's (hey I can wish ) likely to vote that watch The Factor, I say it is worth it. It also is a safe bet O'Reilly will not be rabid as he can be because he has never been with Kerry in the past. So, I say Kerry appearing on The Factor cannot hurt him in any way because I think no one who is set on voting for Kerry is going to change their vote because they hate O'Reilly and Kerry went on his show (again, Kerry has been there bfeore and more than once) - So, I think it can only help him.