Posted on 06/13/2011 4:49:56 AM PDT by 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.
You. I think you win the shallow prize.
That is the prerogative of Congress. If the president believes a law to be unconstitutional he can direct the Solicitor General to challenge it in the Supreme Court.
He can't "repeal" it. So when a presidential candidate says they are going to "repeal" it, then they are asserting dictatorial powers.
Does the often cited guideline here that "they attack the one they fear" apply to all this Bachmann bashing?
Bachmann is a conservative and any ally. All this bashing is ridiculous, no matter who someone might support at this early stage.
Doesn’t matter if it sounds “heretical” or not. We know if Romney gets this the country is done in anyway...a vote for Romney IS the same as voting for Obama or any other democrat.
But this election is sure going to be a ride! The horses aren’t out of the gate...they just had an introduction......they all know the one to beat has yet to be announced.
Don’t be ridiculous. We people here and 800 others are even watching this.
I’m a Palin supporter but happy to see any real conservative doing well.
I never mentioned repealing obamacare.
But a President can do anything he wants to with an EO.
Santorum handled himself well, but so did all of them.
Sarah could have been a part of this dog, pony and coughing show.
Wasn’t she smart to skip it?
Won’t get him anywhere....who wants to say Palin/Pawlenty for a year. Too much of a tongue twister.;0)
Yep Bachman was, but if Palins running Backman is just keeping the seat warm IMO. Palin and Backman are in this to beat out Obama...they will even take pot shots at each other from time to time to make it look good to the media...but this election is as no other and the stakes are over the top. Both of them know this perfectly well. They are in this together and I’m not buying thier adversaries even for a moment.....it’s just part of the plan.
Not really, but Obama has already demonstrated the legal way to neuter Obamacare: just grant waivers to every state. He's sure made liberal use of waivers for his favored groups, well past 1,000 waivers granted the last I heard.
You know perfectly well that Palin has not entered the race yet.
She is waiting for the time when she feels it’s right to enter.
She didn’t lose anything by not being in the first debate and she will lose nothing by skipping this one.
Apparently Bachmann did.
But a President can do anything he wants to with an EO.
I suspect that most EO's are unconstitutional. Where in the constitution does it give the president the power to legislate by the use of executive orders?
An executive order is only valid if it is used to "faithfully execute the laws of the United States". If it is used to legislate or to undermine the laws of the United States, then those orders are illegal.
Yep, you are definitely an example of those who attack the one they fear.
After reading all the comments on how poor the moderator is, how lame some of the questions are, you are still harping on ‘she should have been there.’
Tomorrow ... everyone will still be talking about Palin and NOBODY will mention this lame debate.
Trust me.
You have no flipping idea what I fear.
I don't think it is possible though.
An EO can be written in such a way as to effect it's purpose with out legislating.
That's what slimy lawyers are for.
The sensitivites of some of Palins supporters needs to get in hand. They’re too quick to jump to conclusions...if anything they need to emulate Palin who gets the facts before she spouts off.
This is a game to win...but it is still ‘a game’ and the republican players are going to be deceptive at times, which includes Palin. They will appear at times to be opposing each other...though they all know the idea is to get our candidate into office.
So the Palin supporters need to see the trees thru the forest....sometimes they can’t see thru their admiration of Palin to the actual game moves she’s playing until after she’s played them..... These two are going to play off each other and make certain either one has the ball all the way down til touchdown, IMO.
Remember Palin saying they have to learn how to fight like a girl....tsk tsk....
Well, that clears it up.
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