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.
Cain just explaining why he voted tarp...and then opposed it for who the money was going to. Auto Industry’s etc.
Frankly, most all the candidates sound pretty good on the government hurting business and jobs.
(Paul comes across as a oddball obsessed with obscure monetary policy, though.)
Romney’s such a dweeb.
KING: RESIGN, LIKE WEINER!
Bachmann is doing better than I expected so far. I thought she’d be really nervous being the only woman on stage but she’s holding her own so far.
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Do you realize how sexist you sound? Michele Bachmann is one of the best spokesmen for conservative values that we have. She has been not only a star speaker, but an organizer of TEA party events.
Trying to turn the panel against each other and away from Obama. It's not working.
I don’t get CNN, FNC, etc., plus the Bruins are on.
Is that REALLY being asked? WTF?
Oh noez
Romneys nov 2008 words have been read back to him
Bad Mod
Wow TPaw is getting beat up on twitter over his Obomneycare backdown. Not a good night for him.
allrighty then.
Romney’s such a robot....and lies thru his teeth while smiling.
I didn’t make any sense there, /drink
Ooh, what was that camera cut to Romney smirking?
Who picked this network to cover this?????? Gahhhh STFU King
Sure hope they ask about the panel’s thoughts on abortion/planned parenthood.
Seriously when the commentator becomes the story you got yourself a REALLY bad debate
John King is obviously making them out to be fools.
Bachman is not the 1st woman to be in a debate
Hillary was 1st in 2008
BRAVA! Bachmann is AWESOME! She's not afraid of anything or anyone.
She's a leader.
Unbelievable! Audience bio’s time and stupid questions time, but rush the candidates and grunt into your mike througout their answer.
Romney is definitely NOT shining beyond any of the others, certainly NOT looking “special”, as in a front runner. Santorum comes off as a strong speaker.
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