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Gingrich Remains Go-To Candidate for Opening Question in GOP Debates

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 20, 2012 | 1

The former House Speaker has received the moderator’s first question in six of the last seven debates.

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Romney Speaks 8+ Minutes More than Closest Rival at SC Debate

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 17, 2012 | 1

FOX gives the GOP frontrunner 8 minutes and 23 seconds more speaking time than his closest competitor – the largest gap in the debates thus far.

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Does Rick Santorum Have a Blinking Problem?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 9, 2012 | 4

Santorum blinks while speaking at more than twice the rate of the rest of the GOP field.

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Romney Notches 30 Percent of Speaking Time in Weekend’s New Hampshire Debates

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 8, 2012 | 2

The GOP frontrunner doubles up on Paul, Gingrich, and Huntsman and triples the speaking time of Perry.

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The Top Five Smart Politics Reports of 2011

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 30, 2011 | 2

A look back at some of the most illuminating and controversial of the 200+ Smart Politics reports published this year.

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Punditry Quotes of the Week: Ron Paul Edition

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 20, 2011 | 2

What the media said about Congressman Paul after his Sioux City, Iowa debate performance.

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FOX News Moderators Insert Themselves at GOP Debates More Than Any Other Outlet

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 19, 2011 | 2

FOX moderators have averaged a 40 percent larger share of speaking time compared to moderators at the other eight debates since September.

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Gingrich Has Most Sand in FOX News’ Iowa Debate Hourglass

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 16, 2011 | 1

Former House Speaker receives more than one-fifth of the speaking time, edging Romney and Paul and doubling up on Perry.

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ABC Grants Romney More than Twice as Much Speaking Time as Ron Paul in Iowa Debate

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 12, 2011 | 4

Romney doubles up on Ron Paul once again and speaks more than moderators Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos combined.

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Snubbed Again: Ron Paul Surges in Iowa and the Media Yawns

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 5, 2011 | 5

Despite rising to 2nd in the new Des Moines Register survey, Paul gets just 5 percent of coverage in reporting on the poll – the same as Santorum, Perry, and Bachmann.

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