Over/Under on use of "earmarks" or "earmark" in debate: 14½

[notbornyesterday]

Disclaimer: This report is for entertainment purposes only and is NOT an inducement to wager.

The much-anticipated debate showdown between Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her Democratic counterpart, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, starts in less than an hour. While most of America and all of Punditry will be focused on who “wins” and who “loses,” Punditty will be focused on one word: earmark (and the plural, “earmarks").

Given the political storm the issue of earmarks has caused this campaign season, Punditty believes the word will be uttered between 14 and 15 times tonight. That total includes utterances by Palin, Biden and moderator Gwen Ifill.

The O/U is 14½.

For full report see:
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1438454-punditty-earmarks

[Kacey]

Best part is the bail out was done as a earmark LOL

[noxagol]

I love it when I hear presidential candidates rail against earmarks. They understand how they work, too bad no one else does. Of course a president is going to hate earmarks, that's money he can't decide how to spend on what he wants!

[notbornyesterday]

It's only an unoffical result, but the word was not mentioned once - unless you count "bailout" as a synonym.