Posted on 05/05/2011 5:08:20 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
Broadcast on: Fox News
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The Candidates...
Gary Johnson
Johnson served as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2002. He founded what would become one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. He has competed in several triathlons and climbed Mount Everest.
Herman Cain
Cain is the former chief executive of Godfather's Pizza and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He lost the Georgia Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in 2004. He was recently the host of Atlanta-based radio show.
Rick Santorum
Santorum served two terms in the U.S. House and two terms in the U.S. Senate. He became the Senate's third-ranking Republican in 2001. He was defeated for reelection in 2006.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an obstetrician-gynecologist and was the Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Tim Pawlenty
Pawlenty served two terms as governor of Minnesota, from 2002 to 2010. He served in the Minnesota House from 1992 until 2002. He is the son of a truck driver.
There is enough information for all of us to have an opinion on military actions. Sorry, don’t agree with you. If he did not give an opinion so as to not have to backtrack later fine, but he DOES have an opinion, he just chose not to state it.
It’s still very early, but both Cain and Santorum improved their lots, either presidential or vice presidential. I still want to hear from Bachmann, West, DeMint, Palin and several others.
Many polls in the past showed an outsider RON PAUL winning.
THEREFORE...I think Cain has an excellent chance! I also hope Bachmann picks up in the polls. Ventura says he IS OPEN to be RON PAUL’S VP. Ventura just screwed Paul’s chances.
Screw Newt, Huck,Romney,Pawlenty,Santorum-NO MORE of the same crap!
Is Obama constraining supply now so he can expand it next year in time to make it look like his policies are working and the Republicans are Chicken Littles?
It's better not to forecast but to talk about themes. Talk about Democrat policies as a drag on recovery and about broken promises.
What a great effort. And truthfully, I am glad the field was smaller,it allowed people to get to know these subset of candidates better in a short amount of time. Bret Baier and company did one fine job of moderating the debate, the questions and answers were terrific.
My top two: Herman Cain and Ron Paul. This was an outstanding forum. I hope to see more like it.
Well done all!!!!!!!!!!!! On to 2012. I felt more energy in that room than I have had in a long time.
We’ve got the “One” on the RUN! Game on.
Yes, this is the first time I’ve see Pawlenty in campaign mode. He is one of the “I” “Me” politicians. That tells me all I need to know about him.
Santorum is a former senator and he lost his last race by 18 points.
He grew up in a meat packing district you know.
Herman Cain for the win! Knocked that out of the ballpark- albeit, he was up against kindergartners in comparison. Come on, TPaw, FraudPaul, and TokeJohnson... not even close.
Hey, I was typing as fast as my thumbs would allow. Yes, Santorum is a former Senator that wants back in the game.
I don’t like Mitt. I don’t want to see another Rino run. I want someone fresh, new and NOT in the good ole boys club.
I don’t know about the questions. I thought debates were supposed to have neutral questioners and those debating each other were supposed to be adversarial to one another?
The next GOP debate is set for CNN in New Hampshire on June 7th.
Hopefully we'll have a full slate for NH.
I agree, Cain won my husband and I over tonight.
It is a big mistake to think the incumbent one does not have a plan, just because that plan does not address the problem we face. He is inducing the problem, that is the plan.
Pawlenty seemed too concerned about telling us what a great Governor he was when he should be telling us what he thinks the President should do. He came off as a standard politician rather than a dyed-in-the-wool conservative. I could vote for him if he gets the nomination, but I would prefer not to.
Paul comes off a little nutty, not unlike Ross Perot. I think I voted for Paul in 1976.
I disliked the “smooth” political pitches made at the closing by Pawlenty and Santorum. They were scripted and came from a political think tank.
Paul and Johnson were just down right out of it, as far as I am concerned.
HERMAN CAIN a man I could relate to!
GO CAIN.........and screw the rest of the GOP wanna bees who stayed home to figure out which way the wind is blowing!
Santorum endorsed Arlen Specter against the most excellent conservative, Pat Toomey. He alienated a lot of Republicans who were his supporters. He has pretty much buried his chances in Pa.
Uh...............no, should I? Sorry, what happened to P.T.?
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