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Presidency

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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Ex-Presidents Take Center Stage at Iowa Debate

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 16, 2011 | 0

The seven candidates name-drop 12 ex-presidents 33 times on Thursday; Gingrich makes 22 references to raise his tally this debate season to 63.

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Ron Paul Reaches All-Time Polling Highs in Iowa and New Hampshire

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 14, 2011 | 2

Paul’s support is up 100 percent in Iowa and 50 percent in the Granite State from his ’08 campaign peaks.

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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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Will Michele Bachmann Pull a Phil Gramm in Iowa?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 9, 2011 | 0

Bachmann is on pace for the worst ever performance at the caucuses by an Iowa Straw Poll winner – a mark currently held by Phil Gramm in 1996.

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Is Newt Gingrich Too Old to Beat Barack Obama?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 8, 2011 | 1

In only two of the nation’s 56 presidential elections has the cycle’s older nominee been elected with a greater age difference than Gingrich vis-à-vis Obama.

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Are the Stars Aligned for an Obama Victory? Astrology and U.S. Presidential Elections

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 6, 2011 | 1

Presidential nominees born under Leo (e.g. Obama) win at a 71 percent clip with Geminis (e.g. Gingrich) coming in at just 29 percent.

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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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