Ron Paul spoke for 9:35 in the Last Debate

[mello]

I used a timer to subtract the questions from the moderators. He got 3 minutes more than his average in the 07' debates.

 

[anaconda]

Thanks for doing this. I wonder what he other candidates times were.

 

[RileyE104]

Thanks for doing this. I wonder what he other candidates times were.

I'd be surprised if anyone besides Perry and Romney got over 10 minutes of talking time.

My prediction:

Perry, Romney > Gingrich > Huntsman > Cain > Bachmann, Paul > Santorum

^ That's just from what I can remember. I doubt I got it in the correct order but I'm sure that it's close.

 

[satchelmcqueen]

i might start doing graphs on speaking time for each candidate. this needs to be concrete and posted.

 

[mello]

I tried doing a youtube search for Perry & Romney's responses but I couldn't find a clip that had all their answers together in one youtube video.

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

Seriously, when will they begin to thin the herd? I'm all for open debates, but candidates should be polling a minimum percentage like 2-3% after awhile to be allowed in these debates. I have a hard time believing Santorum, Huntsman, and perhaps even Gingrich are reaching this threshold.

Also, it felt like Hunstman was given quite a few questions and extra time. Hard to believe, considering how he's sitting near a fat zilch in the polls.

 

[Rocket80]

My brother in law posted this on Facebook after the debate. I have no source, so take it for what it's worth:

Moderator: 21:00
Perry: 15:30
Romney: 11:59
Paul: 9:33
Bachmann 9:19
Huntsmann: 9:00
Gingrich: 7:02
Santorum: 6:12
Cain: 5:42

 

[Maximus]

That's always the issue with me, always too much moderator, just ask the damn questions.

 

[eleganz]

I feel bad for Cain...5 minutes...he must've felt like crap.

Huntsman doesn't deserve to have more talking time than Gingrich...huntsman is zero substance all talking points.

 

[pauliticalfan]

It honestly felt like Paul got the least amount of time out of all of them. Maybe it's cause I'm biased, but there were times they'd ask everyone a question BUT him.

 

[Agorism]

My brother in law posted this on Facebook after the debate. I have no source, so take it for what it's worth:

Moderator: 21:00
Perry: 15:30
Romney: 11:59
Paul: 9:33
Bachmann 9:19
Huntsmann: 9:00
Gingrich: 7:02
Santorum: 6:12
Cain: 5:42

If accurate that is probably a reasonable allotment considering the polling.

 

[sorianofan]

If accurate that is probably a reasonable allotment considering the polling.

Moderator 4 Prez?

 

[Billay]

I'm not really worried about it. Ron does great on 1 on 1 interviews but in a debate where he's timed he doesn't do so well. When some of these guys dropout he'll get more time to speak. He's in solid position only 8% out from winning Iowa let Perry talk all he wants he's a gaffe waiting to happen.

 

[kylejack]

Having lived in Texas and watched Perry debate before, he came across waaaaay less smug in this debate than previous debates, believe it or not.

He won re-election in 2006 with 39% of the vote. Very impressive, snicker.

 

[Diurdi]

It honestly felt like Paul got the least amount of time out of all of them. Maybe it's cause I'm biased, but there were times they'd ask everyone a question BUT him.

Probably the biggest reason is that they asked him bullshit questions. They ignored him on issues within his special expertise, such as healthcare.

 

[freeforall]

I'm not really worried about it. Ron does great on 1 on 1 interviews but in a debate where he's timed he doesn't do so well. When some of these guys dropout he'll get more time to speak. He's in solid position only 8% out from winning Iowa let Perry talk all he wants he's a gaffe waiting to happen.

But you gotta give him propes for it!

 

[Johnnymac]

It honestly felt like Paul got the least amount of time out of all of them. Maybe it's cause I'm biased, but there were times they'd ask everyone a question BUT him.

like on jobs and health care ?!?! every fucking debate he never gets asked about jobs and health care the two most important topics and the wars but mostly all GOTCHA question and micky mouse bull shit as gingrich would say

 

[anaconda]

My brother in law posted this on Facebook after the debate. I have no source, so take it for what it's worth:

Moderator: 21:00
Perry: 15:30
Romney: 11:59
Paul: 9:33
Bachmann 9:19
Huntsmann: 9:00
Gingrich: 7:02
Santorum: 6:12
Cain: 5:42

This seems spot on to me.

 

[jware]

Could be accurate, but it seemed to me that Huntsman got a lot more time than RP

 

[Liberty Shark]

RP only needed to accomplish one thing in this last particular debate -- attack Perry and try to draw him into a fight, and Perry did in fact take the bait. Not only that but running the commercial right before the debate was great, as well as getting lucky with those pics of Perry looking like a mobster which were on the drudge report for a good 24 hours.
There are multiple other debates coming up soon to achieve other goals, but it was mission accomplished for this debate.
Any time you manage to get the supposed front runner to engage in a fight, you have scored a great success. Think back to 07-08 when at the time Giulliani was the supposed front runner. RP managed to get Giulliani to enter a fight about the causes of 9-11 at the South Carolina debate. That moment alone was a huge triumph in that campaign.