Note that this is completely unscientific. When candidates spoke - I timed it. All time measurements are as accurate as my hand-ear coordination and TiVo trigger-finger. All calculations include the non-YouTube question asked of Rudy Guliani.
Number of Times a Candidate Received First Crack at a Question
(RG) Rudy Giuliani (8)
(FT) Fred Thompson (7)
(MH) Mike Huckabee (4)
(MR) Mitt Romney (4)
(TT) Tom Tancredo (3)
(RP) Ron Paul (3)
(JM) John McCain (2)
(DH) Duncan Hunter (2)
Number of Times a Candidate Had "The Floor"
(RG) Rudy Giuliani - 19
(MR) Mitt Romney - 19
(JM) John McCain - 12
(FT) Fred Thompson - 11
(MH) Mike Huckabee - 11
(RP) Ron Paul - 9
(TT) Tom Tancredo - 7
(DH) Duncan Hunter - 7
Total Talk Time
(RG) Rudy Giuliani - 16:45
(MR) Mitt Romney - 13:39
(JM) John McCain - 11:39
(FT) Fred Thompson - 10:26
(MH) Mike Huckabee - 9:37
(RP) Ron Paul - 7:21
(DH) Duncan Hunter - 4:46
(TT) Tom Tancredo - 3:50
Talk Time by Segment
SEGMENT #1
MR - 6:10
JM - 4:54
RG - 4:23
MH - 4:07
FT - 4:01
RP - 3:05
TT - 2:24
DH - 2:09
SEGMENT #2
RG - 5:00
MR - 2:54
MH - 2:35
FT - 2:00
RP - 1:19
DH - 1:13
TT - 0:24
JM - 0:12
SEGMENT #3
JM - 5:16
RG - 3:08
FT - 2:37
MR - 2:07
RP - 1:45
TT - 0:28
DH - 0:26
MH - 0:00
SEGMENT #4
RG - 4:14
MH - 2:55
MR - 2:28
FT - 1:48
JM - 1:17
RP - 1:12
DH - 0:58
TT - 0:34
Complete Breakdown
Q1 - Immigration #1
RG - 1:30
MR - 1:01
RG - 0:40
MR - 0:54
RG - 0:05
Q2 - Immigration #2
FT - 2:05
RG - 0:37
JM - 1:59
TT - 0:30
Q3 - Immigration #3
TT - 1:04
DH - 1:11
Q4 - Immigration #4
MH - 1:58
MR - 0:45
MH - 0:41
MR - 0:36
Q5 - Council of Foreign Relations
RP - 1:37
Q6 - National Debt
JM - 1:19
MR - 0:44
RG - 0:46
Q7 - Top 3 Federal Programs to Reduce
FT - 1:29
RP - 0:43
MH - 0:45
Q8 - Fair Tax?
JM - 1:21
RP - 0:35
Q9 - Veto Tax Bill?
TT - 0:10
MH - 0:05
MR - 0:03
RG - 0:10
FT - 0:10
JM - 0:15
RP - 0:10
DH - 0:20
Q10 - Farm Subsidies
MR - 1:19
RG - 0:35
Special Question For RG Regarding Scandal broke by Politico
RG - 0:25
Q11 - Toys With Lead?
TT - 0:40
DH - 0:38
Response to Fred Thompson Attack Ad
FT - 0:17
MR - 0:48
MH - 0:38
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Q12 - Gun Control #1
DH - 0:50
Q13 - Gun Control #2
RG - 1:40
FT - 0:54
RG - 0:34
Q14 - Gun Control #3
FT - 0:08
JM - 0:12
DH - 0:23
MR - 0:05
Q15 - Black on Black Crime
MR - 1:17
RG - 0:52
MR - 0:28
Q16 - Abortion #1
RP - 1:19
FT - 0:58
Q17 - Abortion #2
RG - 0:52
MR - 0:30
Q18 - Death Penalty
MH - 1:31
TT - 0:24
Q19 - Do You Believe the Bible?
RG - 1:02
MR - 0:34
MH - 1:04
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Q20 - Iraq #1
RG - 1:33
JM - 1:24
DH - 0:26
Q21 - Waterboarding
MR - 1:15
JM - 0:58
MR - 0:52
JM - 1:01
Q22 - Iraq #2
FT - 1:15
RP - 0:58
JM - 0:57
RP - 0:47
TT - 0:28
Q23 - Giuliani Using 9/11?
RG - 1:35
Q24 - Power of VP
FT - 1:22
JM - 0:56
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Q25 - Gays in Military
DH - 0:58
MH - 0:25
MR - 0:38
JM - 0:42
Q26 - Log Cabin Republicans
MH - 0:50
Q27 - National Debt
FT - 0:58
MR - 0:35
Q28 - Space Exploration
MH - 0:54
TT - 0:34
Q29 - Why Don't African Americans Vote Republican
RG - 1:30
MH - 0:46
Q30 - Star and Bars
MR - 0:53
FT - 0:50
Q31 - Infrastructure
RG - 1:18
RP - 0:26
JM - 0:35
RG - 0:30
Q32 - Ron Paul Run Independent?
RP - 0:46
Q33 - Why Did Giuliani Root For the Red Sox
RG - 0:56
MR - 0:22
Misc
Number of times John McCain said "Let us win." - 6
Number of times John McCain said "My friends..." - 4
Number of times Romney dropped the name Bill Cosby* - 1
Number of times Huckabee spoke in the third segment - 0
*I personally found this hilarious.
Thoughts
This is my first post here, but have been lurking for months. I hope it is helpful. Please let me know if you see anything wonky in my numbers.
I thought Dr.Paul deserved more time (of course) as the only candidate that truly has an opposing view than the rest of the pack. That being said, the time he did have he didn't do much with IMO. I still support him and think he can win given the time and efforts of the grassroots - but it will be because of the grassroots, certainly not because he has been all that great at getting his message out to the masses in an easy to digest way. Maybe it was the questions, maybe he was sick (as rumored)... either way - not good overall last night on all fronts IMO. Not anything that will hurt, but still not good.
However, his post-debate speech was amazing. Too bad it was not as widely televised (or televised at all).
Other thoughts:
- I wish I had counted the number of times Cooper had to call "time" on each candidate. Anybody up for the challenge?
- Dr.Paul's video was BY FAR the only video that was not contrived.
- What was up with Cooper not referring to Dr.Paul as "Dr.Paul"? Seemed disrespectful.
James
30 Year Old Floridian
Voted for Bush twice
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