I wanted to relay this moment I had today just as a way of getting it off my chest. Shopping at Wal-mart today with my family I came upon a cashier who by chance mentioned that she had a son serving in Iraq. Her son is a hero, I think we can all agree, but what really got to me was her story of her friend. A close friend from what I know, whose son is also in Iraq, and has already served three tours in that god foresaken hell hole. And here's the kicker, he's only 21 years old.

That's insane.

How the hell can the NEOCON "horny for war" fruit loops in this country justify sending a 21 year old kid into a horrible screwed up beyond belief situation like that three times? A war planned by a complete failure as Defense Secretary, Donald Dumsfeld and lead by the Worst President to EVER serve. Not to mention these scumbag pundits who continue to prop up this mess like William "The Bloody"Kristol.

It makes me sick. I hope these kids make it home alright. Remember them in your prayers along with all of our brave troops.

6PM - P2+ (25-54)
Special Report with Brit Hume – 1,178,000 viewers (298,000)
Situation Room- 667,000 viewers (183,000)
Race to the White House- 514,000 viewers (188,000)
Mad Money – 160,000 viewers (a scratch with 42,000)
Prime News- 247,000 viewers (96,000)

Comments: Brit Hume continues to dominate this time slot despite the ever changing competition from the other networks. But note that Wolf Blitzer and the Situation Room on CNN is showing strong adult 25-54 DEMO growth at the 5 pm hour and if that growth continues you can expect this hour to do the same, I think.

David Gregory's "Race to the White House" has improved the MSNBC's performance in this slot by 80 to 90% over Tucker Carlson's show. MSNBC has to be happy about that.

7PM - P2+ (25-54)
Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith – 1,176,000 viewers (256,000)
Lou Dobbs – 739,000 viewers (165,000)
Hardball – 576,000 viewers (226,000)
Kudlow & Company- 173,000 viewers (54,000)
Glenn Beck – 489,000 viewers (214,000)

Comments: Lou Dobbs move to 7pm has added to his audience notiacbly. The show has zoomed to over a million viewers on many nighs since the move from 6 PM and has defeated the 'Fox Report' on several occasions in the "Money" demo. But Fox is still the unchallenged leader in total viewers and you gotta respect that.

Hardball seems to be stalled just below the 600K viewers mark and doesn't look like he's gonna break out of that while Glenn Beck on HLN is showing growth from year to year. This night in particular shows him third in the "Money" dem. Nice job Glenn.

8PM - P2+ (25-54)
The O'Reilly Factor- 2,064,000 viewers (376,000)
CNN Election Center– 551,000 viewers (153,000)
Countdown w/Olbermann – 910,000 viewers (313,000)
Fast Money- a scratch with 76,000 viewers (a scratch with 26,000) **Ran from 8-8:30PM ET
High Net Worth- a scratch with 53,000 viewers (a scratch with 11,000) **Ran from 8:30-9PM ET
Nancy Grace – 467,000 viewers (145,000)

Comments: Clearly we have two competitors in this hour, The Factor and Countdown and nothing seems likely to change anytime soon. Notice the "Money" demo and how close it is getting in that segment. Some nights it's even closer and that is the story many people like to focus on because the total viewers is no real contest yet.

9 PM - P2+ (25-54)
Hannity & Colmes – 1,472,000 viewers (270,000)
Larry King – 1,044,000 viewers (231,000)
MSNBC Reports – 527,000 viewers (163,000)
Deal or No Deal- 324,000 viewers (72,000)
Glenn Beck- 446,000 viewers (201,000)

Comments: Not much to talk about really. H&C still dominates and even on this typically low rated Friday they draw 1.5 million viewers. Larry King also drew a million viewers as usual. So the two major players did what they usually do.

10 PM P2+ (25-54)
On the Record – 1,177,000 viewers (268,000)
Anderson Cooper– 993,000 viewers (268,000)
Countdown w/Olbermann – 474,000 viewers (137,000)
Donny Deutsch- 160,000 viewers (72,000)
Nancy Grace – 358,000 viewers (138,000)

Comments: The big story of this hour continues to be the on-going battle between 'On the Record' & '360' in the "Money" demo. A great example is tonight and the dead even demo numbers. It's not by any means the first time, it's happened almost on a regular basis in the last few weeks. The usual argument is that Fox still wins in total viewers and while that is true, that now is has tightened considerably as evidenced above. That's gotta be concerning for the folks at Fox News.

8PM - P2+ (25-54)

The O'Reilly Factor- 3,193,000 viewers (694,000)

CNN Election Center- 561,000 viewers (151,000)

Countdown w/Olbermann - 1,183,000 viewers (452,000)

Fast Money- 180,000 viewers (67,000)

Nancy Grace - 579,000 viewers (171,000)

Comments: The second part of the hyped "Hillary Interview" on The Factor pulled in a second strong night of ratings for the show. Although down nearly 400k total viewers from night one and 200K plus in the Adult 25-54 demo night to night, the performance proves that although Fox is trending down in the ratings, they are still number one.

Also of note is the performance of 'Countdown' at roughly 1.18 million and 452K demo. A strong second place that shows the former ESPN anchor is growing his audience still, despite the "Fox Delusionals" who insist it isn't happening I offer the evidence in hard numbers above.

Nancy Grace and the Campbell Brown lead 'Election Center' continue trail behind the competition and show no signs yet of growing significantly.

9 PM - P2+ (25-54)

Hannity & Colmes - 1,965,000 viewers (461,000)

Larry King - 1,036,000 viewers (158,000)

Verdict w/Dan Abrams - 656,000 viewers (218,000)

Deal or No Deal- 454,000 viewers (137,000)

Glenn Beck- 440,000 viewers (150,000)

Comments: 'Hannity & Colmes' continues to be the hottest performer this election cycle with it's audience up noticably in recent weeks and now averaging nearly two million viewers a night. Tabloid meets politics and you get the senior vote in droves. Roughly 1/4th of the audience is 25 to 54, not exactly something to write home about.

Also of note, Verdict w/Dan Abrams climbing considerably above it's average delivery to 650k. Considering it's in the same time slot as heavy hitters 'Larry King Live' and 'Hannity & Colmes' I think it's something to brag about. Verdict also took a second place in the DEMO for the hour.

Deal or No Deal on CNBC beats Glenn Beck. Interesting.

10 PM P2+ (25-54)

On the Record - 1,353,000 viewers (334,000)

Anderson Cooper- 1,078,000 viewers (258,000)

Countdown w/Olbermann - 570,000 viewers (250,000)

Donny Deutsch- 59,000 viewers (27,000)

Nancy Grace - 451,000 viewers (204,000)

Comments: Anderson Cooper continues his slow march towards Greta on Fox.Inching ever closer it appears. Having beaten her a number of times in the DEMO it would not surprise me to see him eventually over take 'On the Record'. Hey I can have my paranoid delusions too.

Note: In case it's not obvious the number on the left is total viewers, the number in parenthesis is 25-54 year old viewers.