3rd Republican Debate Analysis @ TheDCShuffle.com
		Tancredo	T. Thompson	Brownback	Romney	McCain	Huckabee	Hunter	Gilmore	Paul	Giuliani
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!!
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
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
	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
	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
	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 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)