Republican debate II: the raw stats

Here's the raw, question-by-question data from the debate. Each group of letters represents one answer. I tried to develop objective methods of scoring (an answer earned an "O" when Wolf interrupted to tell them they were over time, for example). Also, to show the chronology of the debate, I jumped to the next column as soon as one of the candidates had answered that many questions. So: because McCain, for example, answered his second question before Tancredo had been asked his first, Tancredo's first answer appears in the second column. Hopefully, this shows the flow of the debate a little more clearly. Finally: if an N and an A appear in the same answer acronym, it means that moderator Wolf Blitzer pressed them for clarification and they then answered the question. Without further ado:


Candidate
McCain____A________NDOSAX___AXOS_________AO____NZ__ASO___A
Romney__CNNDO_____NPOD____AO______AS___NZPO___A___AO___A
Giuliani___AD_______AD______AS_______XS9___AO____AS___N____
Tancredo___________AO______AZBDO_________________________AB
Hunter_____________AXO_____ACAS_____NSB___________________NCO
Paul_______________AXO______________AX____AXB___AB___N
Brownback_NO_______AO_______________NO___NO______________AD
Thompson___________AO_______________AS___AZCO____________A
Huckabee___________ARP____________________NCO_______N___ABO
Gilmore___A________NO_____________________NO________AO______

A Answered
N Not Answered
R Unprompted Reagan Reference
X Attack on another candidate
P Platitude
O Over time limit
C Caught straying
D Attack on Democrats
B Attack on Bush
Z Shout out to the religious Right
S Tied answer to national security though the initial question did not
9 September 11th Reference