Both political parties have now conducted their first high-profile debates with all the major candidates. As I was roaming the b-sphere last weekend, I stumbled across an analysis of the candidates' debate performances by a company called Upstream Analysis. I thought it quite interesting just to look at the top five most frequently-used words from each candidate's answers (excluding the common words-- and, but, for, the, as, in, etc.). Here are the results (some may have more than five words if there was a tie for fifth):
DEMOCRATS
Senator Biden: Able, Administration, Better, Court, Game, Going, Talking
Sentator Clinton: Administration, Care, Health, President, Ready
Senator Dodd: Administration, Believe, Direction, Important, Justice, Years
Senator Edwards: America, Believe, President, States, United
Senator Gravel: Congress, Going, Iraq, Soldiers, Terrorism, Vain, War
Congressman Kucinich: Care, Constitution, Health, President, War
Senator Obama: Around, Families, Going, Intelligence, Sure, Women
Governor Richardson: Care, Deal, Health, Mental, President
REPUBLICANS
Senator Brownback: Engage, Ideas, Key, Lead, Regimes
Fmr. Governor Gilmore: Conservative, Going, Middle, President, Sales, Tax
Fmr. Mayor Giuliani: Deal, Decision, Going, New-York, States
Fmr. Governor Huckabee: Decision, Faith, Government, Jobs, Nation, States, Tax
Representative Hunter: Border, Fence, Iran, States, United
Senator McCain: Americans, Going, President, Spending, States, United
Representative Paul: Decision, Foreign, Government, Policy, Tax, War
Fmr. Governor Romney: America, American, Decision, Government, Nation
Governor Tancredo: Absolutely, Believe, Going, Spending, States, United
Fmr. Governor Thompson: Elect, Going, President, States, Wisconsin
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