Just read an amazing list of stats in Hollywood Reporter-worth listing here:

Obama's 30-minute primetime infomercial was seen by 33.6 million viewers across seven networks -- including CBS, NBC, Fox, Univision, MSNBC, BET, and TV One. That's 70% more people than watched the conclusion of the World Series last night on Fox (19.8 million). B&C: An appearance by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart delivered the highest rating in the program's history.

If these numbers translate into votes--and voters going to the polls--perhaps we in the U.S. will approach other nations like those in Europe, South Africa, South America, Israel--where the norm is that most of those who are eligible to vote do, unlike the pitiful numbers of the last few years. A participatory democracy--change could really be on its way....