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Tuesday June 05, 2007
Transcripts of the third GOP debate sorted by candidate
Posted by Richard Hodge


New Hampshire republican debate broken down by individual candidate...



Ability to answer direct questions:

Who among them was most likely to answer the question asked, who preferred giving hollow answers by speaking about a question but never actually answering it, and who avoided the question altogether.
The merits of the answers were not evaluated - that’s a value judgment for each voter to make:


Here is a 'who gave a straight answer breakdown' thanks to DC Shuffle's analysis:


The Buck Stops Here award: Paul (Zero question avoidance)
Straight Talk award Tancredo McCain Paul (highest clear answer ratio)
Where's the Beef award Gilmore Romney (most empty answers provided)
Moderator's Pet award Giuliani Romney (received the most direct questions)
Good Boy Award Thompson Huckabee (only answers questions directed at them)
The DC Shuffle award Gilmore Romney (Most likely to not clearly answer a question)
Put up or Shut up award Tancredo (Zero empty answers)




Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson Sam Brownback Mitt Romney John McCain Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter Jim Gilmore Ron Paul Rudy Giuliani

Direct Questions answered clearly 9 6 7 7 11 6 7 4 11 9

Additional  questions answered clearly 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 2

Questions discussed but not answered 0 2 2 7 1 3 1 6 2 5

Questions avoided entirely 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 0 2


 Q1   Introduce yourself 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 Q2   Was it a mistake to invade iraq?       2         3 4
 Q3   Did you read the NIE?     0   4   3      
 Q4   Was it appropriate for Congress to auth war w/o reading NIE?               2    
 Q5   If no prog in Iraq by Sept, what then? 3 4     4          
 Q6   If no prog in Iraq by Sept, how much longer should the US stay?             2   4  
 Q7   Do you have confidence in Iraqi govt? 0         0        
 Q8   Did Pres Bush make the right call to open dialogue w/ Iran     4              
 Q9   Would you authorize a pre-emptive nuclear strike on Iran?       2     4 2   2
 Q10   What are the consequences if immigration bill becomes law? Discuss. 4 4 3 4 4   3   4 4
 Q11   What would you do w/ the illegals in the country now?       2            
 Q12   If illegals leave the country, who will fill the jobs they vacate?             4      
 Q13   Under what circumstances would you let them begin that path?     4              
 Q14   Did you vote for the 700 mi fence on mexican border?                 4  
 Q15   Is there a need for a fence on Canada border?                 4  
 Q16   Do you believe that English should be official language Question was unclear, muddled and poorly phrased. How Ironic!!



Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson Sam Brownback Mitt Romney John McCain Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter Jim Gilmore Ron Paul Rudy Giuliani
 Q17   Is Fred Thompson conservative enough for America?   2           2    
 Q18   How do you feel when words like that from a Bishop?                   2
 Q19   Why should conservatives believe you oppose abortion?       2            
 Q20   Do you believe in creation as described in the Bible? Where do you stand on evolution?       0   2        
 Q21   Do you believe creationism should be taught in schools?         0          
 Q22   What do you want to say about your fait, yourself, and God?       4            
 Q23   What do you say about the separation of church and state?                 4  
 Q24   Is science wrong on Global warming?       3 3         4
 Q25   what steps if any would you take to address climate change?       1           2
 Q26   What do you say to those who say there's too much alliance between big oil & Republicans?       0            
 Q27   Do you have a problem with big oil making huge profits?       . 4          
 Q28   Do you believe that big oil needs tax breaks from the govt?                 4  
 Q29   Do you agree with previous question?               2    
 Q30   Is it time to end dont ask/tell in the military?       4 4 2     2  
 Q31   Was it appropriate to dismiss military linguists who were gay?                   0
 Q32   Speak up if you believe gays should serve openly? 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 Q33   How would you use GW Bush? 4 4 4              
   

Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson Sam Brownback Mitt Romney John McCain Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter Jim Gilmore Ron Paul Rudy Giuliani
 Q34   What happened to the GOP (that they are losing seats around the country)?           4        
 Q35   Is it appropriate for Bush to pardon Libby?             0      
 Q36   Would you pardon Libby? 4 2 4 2 2 2   4   2
 Q37   what would you do to bring the troops home?     2   3   4      
 Q38   Is dividing Iraq into three federated states a good idea?         4          
 Q39   What do we do to strengthen Iraqi govt so we can pull out?                 4 2
 Q40   Can a conservative platform have a conservationist agenda? 4             4    
 Q41   What would you do about drug /health care costs?   4         4     4
 Q42   Would you support a govt single payer system?   0                
 Q43   What do you say to critics of how you did healthcare in MA       4            
 Q44   What is the most pressing moral issue?     4     4     4 4
 Q45   How would you address the previous?           0     1  
 Q46   Could you support Giuliani?     2              
 Q47   Why air ads in Spanish?       4            
 Q48   Would you air ads in Spanish? 4                  
 Q49   How does your position differ from Bush/ His biggest Mistake? 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4
 Q50   What does it mean to be an American as it relates to immigration? 4       3     1   3
 Q51   Should we effectively end most legal immigration?         4 4       4
 Q52   What would you do to bring back moderates and independents?       2 4     2   3
 Q53   Shouldn't GOP follow CA Gov example?             4     0




Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson Sam Brownback Mitt Romney John McCain Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter Jim Gilmore Ron Paul Rudy Giuliani

Direct Questions answered clearly 9 6 7 7 11 6 7 4 11 9

Additional  questions answered clearly 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 2

Questions discussed but not answered 0 2 2 7 1 3 1 6 2 5

Questions avoided entirely 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 0 2




Questions asked directly 10 10 11 15 13 11 10 10 12 16

Questions responded to 11 10 12 18 16 11 12 11 14 18







Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson Sam Brownback Mitt Romney John McCain Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter Jim Gilmore Ron Paul Rudy Giuliani

Responds clearly to direct question ratio 90% 60% 64% 47% 85% 55% 70% 40% 92% 56%

Responds clearly to all questions ratio 91% 60% 67% 44% 88% 55% 75% 36% 86% 61%

Empty answer ratio 0% 20% 17% 39% 6% 27% 8% 55% 14% 28%

Question avoidance ratio 10% 20% 18% 20% 8% 18% 20% 10% 0% 13%



The Talk Clock:


Transcripts of the third GOP debate sorted by candidate


June 5th debate transcript by candidate:

Sam Brownback
Jim Gilmore
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Duncan Hunter
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo     
Tommy Thompson

Full unsorted transcript here


    


    Paul
2007-06-14
20:23:48
       
Paul


   
     
Very nice graphic! I also like the debate breakdown by candidate. I wish I'd seen that before effectively doing it myself so I could analyze on my blog who among them can give a straight answer to an honest question. I actually did metrics on their answers. I found some of the results surprising.

    Rich Hodge
2007-06-15
02:12:54
       
Rich Hodge


   
     
Paul your metrics were fantastic - I've included a short version of them on this page -well done!

The full version of who actually answered the most questions are at DC Shuffle


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