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Debate By Numbers

Using transcripts from CNN and the New York Times debate analyzer, I crunched some stats from last night's GOP debate.

• 3: Number of times Hillary Clinton was mentioned
• 4: Number of times Bill Clinton was mentioned
• 2: Number of times Mitt Romney mentioned health care
• 0: Number of times any other candidate mentioned health care
• 5: Number of times Rudy Giuliani said "Islamic"
• 3: Number of times any other candidate said "Islamic," "Islam," or "Muslim"
  
• 4: Number of times Duncan Hunter addressed Anderson Cooper as "Cooper." No other candidate followed suit.
• 2: Number of times the candidates mentioned President Bush
• 26: Number of times, according to CNN's transcript, the audience laughed
• 5: Number of times the audience laughed after watching a question from a YouTube user
  
• 7: Number of times the audience laughed after a Fred Thompson joke
• 4: Number of times the audience laughed after a Mike Huckabee joke
• 0: Number of times the audience laughed after Ron Paul or Duncan Hunter said something

Also, a breakdown of which candidates speak the fastest. Mitt Romney's mouth was a-flappin', while Fred Thompson, unsurprisingly, was the slowest talker.

If you'd like, feel free to compare the words-per-second statistics to the Democrats'.