Trumped: Rand Paul had less than half the speaking time AND words of The Donald
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. In terms of
total words spoken or
exact minutes of speaking time Donald Trump dominated the clock during last nights
Fox News Republican Presidential Candidates Debate. Trump ate up
more than twice as much time as Sen. Rand Paul who had the least amount of face time. The spread? 11:14 for Trump compared to Pauls 5:28.
Heres the minute-by-minute breakdown.
While some are accusing Fox News of bias for trying to bait the billionaire frontrunner throughout the debate on the day after many analysts
now armed with their initial post-debate polling to back it up
say it may have backfired and worked in the Donalds favor.
While Trump was given time to make jokes about Rosie ODonnell Senator Pauls constitutional platform was relegated to the fringes.
The Kentucky Senator spoke just 926 words in comparison to Trumps 1986.
By affording him multitude more opportunities to showcase his quick-witted populism whether intentional or not his showing in post-debate polls has some analysts already calling Trump the Teflon Candidate.
In virtually all the post-debate polls where Trump was a runaway victor it appears each time the Fox News moderators took an aggressive tack in questioning Trump he actually gained political support.
