Is Rosie winning the feud with Trump?
If ratings are any indication, Rosie O'Donnell appears to be winning the stupid public feud with Donald Trump. Since Trump went off on Rosie, ratings for The View have been up. The show is up 13% in overall viewers and 23% in women 18-49. ABC chalks the ratings increase up to Rosie's... ahem... personality. The network downplays her public feuds with Trump, Kelly Ripa and the Chinese, but all the media coverage seems to be helping.Ironically, ratings are down for The Apprentice. We all know that the only reason Trump is sounding off is to get viewers to watch his show, but it appears to have backfired as the viewers are opting for Rosie instead. Even Trump's move to Los Angeles and his constant nagging of Rosie couldn't pull his series from its slump. Sunday night's premiere averaged about 9 million viewers.
By the way, here's the latest from Trump. Gawker has a faxed letter, allegedly from Trump to Rosie. It sounds like something one of those chicks from Laguna Beach would write... if they were literate.

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