John McCain

This speech titled 2008.10.08.remarks_in_bethlehem_pennsylvania originally had 2043 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 107 cue terms and an average lag of 17.0. You can see the original speech or the tokenized/stemmed speech with overlaying cue-lags.


Cue-lag representation

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# Cue term Lag before term Posterior distribution
Restart ∑Left Center ∑Right
1 sarah_palin 13
0 0 1
0 0 0
2 vice_presid 19
0.000199 0 0.0378
0 0 0.962
3 unit_state 3
0.0207 0 0.00657
0.000398 0 0.972
4 american_economi 14
0.8 0 0.00816
0.0261 0 0.166
5 job_creation 11
0.148 0 0
0.818 0 0.0342
6 american_worker 2
0.00617 0 0.00259
0.963 0 0.0287
7 senat_obama 8
0.0105 0 0.08
0.888 0 0.0213
8 hous_crisi 37
0.0109 0 0.734
0.184 0 0.0716
9 unit_state 21
0.000398 0 0.241
0.0145 0 0.744
10 state_govern 0
0 0 0.00418
0.0137 0 0.982
11 mortgag_servic 8
0.00159 0.000199 0.0251
0.0137 0 0.959
12 statu_quo 66
0.00498 0.000199 0.409
0.00876 0 0.577
13 month_ago 167
0.0135 0 0.45
0.000597 0 0.536
14 american_peopl 11
0.000597 0 0.0515
0.00517 0 0.943
15 __NUM___month 20
0.000199 0 0.0685
0 0 0.931
16 town_hall 7
0.00139 0 0.0189
0.000199 0 0.98
17 tax_relief 66
0.998 0 0
0.00239 0 0
18 middl_class 3
0.00498 0 0
0.995 0 0
19 creat_job 8
0.0105 0 0
0.989 0 0
20 rise_cost 5
0.00537 0 0.000199
0.994 0 0
21 health_care 26
0.0342 0 0.000995
0.964 0.000398 0.000199
22 feder_govern 27
0.0285 0 0.00318
0.968 0 0.000597
23 american_peopl 17
0.0229 0 0.00239
0.972 0 0.00299
24 feder_govern 12
0.0167 0 0.000199
0.981 0 0.00199
25 feder_budget 8
0.0111 0 0.000199
0.989 0 0
26 fellow_citizen 18
0.0213 0 0.0617
0.917 0 0.000199
27 senat_obama 40
0.0336 0 0.194
0.727 0 0.046
28 american_peopl 69
0.0181 0 0.665
0.153 0 0.163
29 econom_crisi 34
0.00159 0 0.265
0.0121 0 0.721
30 hous_market 10
0 0 0.0167
0.00338 0 0.98
31 subprim_loan 5
0 0 0.00617
0 0 0.994
32 fanni_mae 17
0 0 0.00617
0 0 0.994
33 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.000398
0 0 1
34 senat_obama 31
0.000796 0 0.0111
0.000199 0 0.988
35 fanni_mae 14
0 0 0.00657
0 0 0.993
36 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.000995
0 0 0.999
37 senat_obama 15
0.000199 0 0.00438
0 0 0.995
38 fanni_mae 7
0 0 0.00239
0 0 0.998
39 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.000995
0 0 0.999
40 subprim_loan 25
0 0 0.00935
0 0 0.991
41 good_idea 7
0 0 0.00199
0 0 0.998
42 senat_obama 3
0 0 0.00119
0 0 0.999
43 good_idea 4
0 0 0.000995
0 0 0.999
44 financi_crisi 10
0 0 0.00458
0 0 0.995
45 great_depress 3
0 0 0.00119
0 0 0.999
46 fanni_mae 45
0 0 0.0141
0 0 0.986
47 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.000398
0 0 1
48 fanni_mae 20
0 0 0.00716
0 0 0.993
49 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.000597
0 0 0.999
50 senat_obama 48
0.0249 0 0.319
0 0 0.656
51 financi_regul 6
0.000796 0 0.0281
0.0215 0 0.95
52 health_care 30
0.0601 0.000398 0.601
0.0153 0 0.323
53 barack_obama 2
0.000796 0 0.0235
0.0615 0 0.914
54 singl_payer 36
0 0 0.134
0 0 0.866
55 payer_system 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
56 health_care 7
0.00697 0 0.000597
0.000199 0 0.992
57 health_insur 16
0.0101 0 0.000995
0.00697 0 0.982
58 health_care 7
0.0324 0 0.000995
0.0171 0 0.949
59 senat_obama 42
0.917 0 0.0346
0.047 0 0.000995
60 democrat_primari 17
0.0561 0 0
0.943 0 0.000597
61 payrol_tax 20
0.0243 0 0
0.976 0.000199 0
62 higher_tax 3
0.00458 0 0
0.995 0 0
63 senat_obama 9
0.0137 0 0
0.986 0 0
64 obama_claim 0
0.000796 0 0
0.999 0 0
65 tax_relief 8
0.00796 0 0
0.992 0 0
66 small_busi 16
0.0185 0 0
0.981 0 0
67 ad___NUM__ 10
0.0149 0 0
0.985 0 0
68 __NUM___job 0
0.000796 0 0
0.999 0 0
69 lost___NUM__ 6
0.00896 0 0
0.991 0 0
70 __NUM___job 0
0.00119 0 0
0.999 0 0
71 creat_job 38
0.0432 0 0
0.957 0 0
72 barack_obama 3
0.00418 0 0.000398
0.995 0 0
73 tax_increas 5
0.00756 0 0
0.992 0 0
74 rais_tax 18
0.0191 0 0
0.981 0 0
75 peopl_make 2
0.00279 0 0
0.997 0 0
76 __NUM___dollar 2
0.00259 0 0
0.997 0 0
77 nation_prioriti 18
0.0243 0 0
0.975 0.000796 0
78 middl_class 12
0.0155 0 0
0.984 0 0
79 tax_relief 15
0.0161 0 0
0.984 0 0
80 middl_class 16
0.0203 0 0
0.98 0 0
81 class_american 0
0.00259 0 0
0.997 0 0
82 senat_obama 11
0.0133 0 0.00716
0.98 0 0
83 presid_bush 8
0.00995 0 0.00159
0.981 0 0.00697
84 barack_obama 26
0.0314 0 0.000398
0.964 0 0.00378
85 increas_govern 2
0.00677 0 0
0.993 0 0
86 govern_spend 0
0.000796 0 0
0.999 0 0
87 __NUM___billion 3
0.00537 0 0
0.995 0 0
88 billion_dollar 0
0.000995 0 0
0.999 0 0
89 govern_back 32
0.0386 0 0
0.961 0 0
90 work_famili 6
0.00677 0 0
0.993 0 0
91 billion_dollar 30
0.0312 0 0
0.969 0 0
92 million_dollar 9
0.0111 0 0
0.989 0.000199 0
93 senat_obama 15
0.0215 0 0.000995
0.978 0 0
94 __NUM___million 20
0.0279 0 0
0.972 0 0
95 million_dollar 0
0.000995 0 0
0.999 0 0
96 senat_obama 27
0.031 0 0.0193
0.95 0 0
97 obama_campaign 0
0.00119 0 0
0.98 0 0.0191
98 senat_obama 19
0.0251 0 0.0165
0.944 0 0.0143
99 middl_class 44
0.0529 0 0.0846
0.85 0 0.0129
100 fanni_mae 29
0 0 0.902
0 0 0.0981
101 freddi_mac 2
0 0 0.000796
0 0 0.999
102 blind_ey 4
0.000199 0 0.00159
0 0 0.998
103 american_peopl 60
0.173 0 0.0474
0.000796 0 0.779
104 wall_street 31
0.165 0 0.00736
0.169 0 0.659
105 middl_class 15
0.441 0 0.00199
0.337 0 0.22
106 unit_state 57
0.0641 0 0.0245
0.717 0.000199 0.194
107 govern_back 7
0.0255 0 0.00179
0.775 0.000199 0.198
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