(LIVE THREAD!) Republican Presidential Debate #2 - June 13, 2011 8pm/5pm: New Hampshire

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[newzjunkey]

Broadcast on: CNN

Broadcast time: 8pm EDT/5pm PDT

The Candidates:

Michele Bachmann

Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, she earned a Master of Laws degree, worked as a tax attorney, and was a foster mother for 23 teenagers. She is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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.

Newt Gingrich

Gingrich served as the 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican member from 1979 to 1999. He has a PhD in modern European history.

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.

Mitt Romney

Romney was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007) and former CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008. He has an MBA (Harvard) and JD (Harvard Law).

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.

[newzjunkey]

Another debate tonight!

Gone from the May 2011 SC debate is former Gov. Gary Johnson (NM).

Added tonight are Congresswoman Bachmann, former Speaker Gingrich and former Gov. Mitt Romeny.

[newzjunkey]

I hope you don’t mind, I reused some of the bios from the May debate thread!

[onyx]

What’s with you? Your close to 12 hours too early and your thread is not live...lol.

[Sybeck1]

Question on my mind is will Bachmann go after Romney or let others. She has to prove she is not a stalkinghorse for Mittens to me.

[wolfman23601]

I predict everyone teams up against Romney.

[rodguy911]

I don’t see my President there she hasn’t signed up yet...

[CaptainPhilFan]

I hope Palin and West are just waiting it out;
let these guys beat each other up first.

Not that Bachman and Cain wouldn’t get my vote,
but the above are my top picks.

[CounterCounterCulture]

No problemo.

[9YearLurker]

We can wait another debate or two for her. ;-)

[The Wizard]

no offense, but until “the Lady” is there, I have DVD’s to rewind

[who knows what evil?]

I hope you don’t mind, I reused some of the bios from the May debate thread!

Might as well, since the GOP is 'reusing' most of their candidates...yawwwwwn.

[Sun]

Will the debate be online somewhere?

I’ll check CNN, too.

[lonevoice]

Hi. In case you check your pings in time, the NH GOP debate is on tonight at 5PM our time...CNN.

[saltus]

This is all about who can out-Reagan and out-God the other.

I’m betting on Bachmann for the God-pandering, with Santorum a close second, and Pawlenty for the Reagan-pandering, again with Santorum in second.

[Pan_Yan]

Here’s my ongoing list of candidates. Those with an * have officially entered the race. Those with a # next to them are debating tonight.

# Michele Bachmann
Haley Barbour
John Bolton
*# Herman Cain
Mitch Daniels
*# Newt Gingrich
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
* Gary Johnson
Thad McCotter
Roy Moore
Sarah Palin
*# Ron Paul
*# Tim Pawlenty
George Pataki
Rick Perry
Buddy Roemer
*# Willard Romney
*# Rick Santorum
Donald Trump

*Candidates in red are in the ”I can't get drunk enough to vote for them” category. If you think some of the candidates on this list are obscure you should see the ones I left off.

[Tennessee Nana]

Thank you for posting this thread...

And the winner is...

Cain,

Then Buchman, Santorum, Pawlenty, Paul, Gingrich, Romney

Yeah ya gotta be bad if Gingrich can beat ya

:)

[Tennessee Nana]

PINGy

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

[Charles Henrickson]

Of the candidates on your list that are "in" or "near-in" and with any chance at all, I would vote for (alphabetically) Bachmann, Cain, Palin, Pawlenty, Perry, or Santorum.

Conversely, I would not vote for (in the primary, at least) Gingrich, Huntsman, Johnson, Paul, or Romney. (I'm not even bothering to mention the rest.)

[MHGinTN]

Thank you for the linky ping, m’Lady.

[Tennessee Nana]

Im making stuffed Cabbage Rolls for Dins

Theyll be ready in a mo

Can you smell them ???

I got a huge cabbage at the Farmers Market the other day for $1

Right away I thought “Cabbage Rolls”

:)