http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/dole_ad_took_youtube_by_storm Comments for "Dole ad took YouTube by storm" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/dole_ad_took_youtube_by_storm <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/elizabethdolehead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>U.S. Sen. <a href="/dome/profiles/elizabeth_dole">Elizabeth Dole&#39;s</a> latest ad was an Internet sensation.</p><p>The ad, which criticizes Democratic rival <a href="/profiles/kay_hagan">Kay Hagan</a> for a fundraiser hosted by an atheist, was added early Wednesday morning to Under the Dome&#39;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheDomeCam">YouTube channel</a>. Another copy was on Dole&#39;s own YouTube channel.</p><p>By the end of the day, the <a href="/under_the_dome/claims_dept_doles_promises_ad">ad</a> had been viewed 145,000 times on the Dome channel, making it the 21st most viewed channel and one of the day&#39;s top videos. It was seen another 20,000 times on Dole&#39;s channel, for a total of 165,000 times.</p><p>By contrast, the <a href="/under_the_dome/dsccs_rocking_chairs_ad_on_dole">&quot;Rocking Chairs&quot;</a> ad from the <a href="http://www.dscc.org">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</a> has been seen a total of about <strong>102,496</strong> times on <strong>five</strong> different channels on YouTube.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.ncgop.org/">N.C. Republican Party&#39;s</a> <a href="/under_the_dome/ncgops_rev_wright_ad">&quot;Extreme&quot;</a> ad linking Barack Obama&#39;s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, to Democratic gubernatorial candidates <a href="/dome/profiles/beverly_perdue">Beverly Perdue</a> and <a href="/dome/profiles/richard_moore">Richard Moore</a>, has been seen about <strong>448,811</strong> times on <strong>five</strong> channels. </p><p><strong>Correction:</strong> An earlier version of the post misstated the numbers.</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/dole_ad_took_youtube_by_storm#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/dole_ad_took_youtube_by_storm#comment ads Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Elizabeth Dole Kay Hagan Senate &#039;08 Under the Dome YouTube Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:33:26 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 10302 at http://projects.newsobserver.com