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In addition to being the third-most-watched debate of this election cycle, last night’s Democratic showdown in Cleveland was MSNBC’s most-watched program in the 11-year history of the network. In a head-to-head 9 p.m. ET match-up, the debate was second only to FOX’s American Idol. It ranked as the fourth most-watched program in Total Viewers on all of TV last night.

The numbers for the debate, which was moderated by Brian Williams, joined by Tim Russert, more than doubled MSNBC’s previous total viewer high of 3.7 million who watched on March 19, 2003, the night the Iraq war began.

Quote du Jour

February 25, 2008 Buck Banks

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

â€” Michael Korda (1933- ), novelist, former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster

Quote du Jour

February 19, 2008 Buck Banks

A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes.

â€” Thucydides (460-400 B.C.), Athenian philosopher

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

â€” Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American civil rights activist

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. And Z is keep your mouth shut.

â€” Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

â€” George Jean Nathan (1882-1958), American drama critic and editor

When a president does it, then it is not illegal.

â€” Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994), 37th President of the United States

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

â€” Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918), American historian

President Roosevelt proved that a president could serve for life. Truman proved that anyone could be elected. Eisenhower proved that your country can be run without a president.

â€” Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

â€” Michael Korda (1933- ), novelist, former editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster

A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

â€” Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born, Swiss-American scientist

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%