My friend Elina sent me this really amazing tool from the NY Times for analyzing the debate content. It’s essentally a serachable video of the debate, accompanied by a transcript. You can search for any word or phrase, and it will return the number of times each candidate said it, and mark it on the video timeline. It’s pretty sweet, check it out:

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/second-presidential-debate.html