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.
I suppose anything IS easy to a woman who raised 23 foster kids!
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I was thinking the same thing, oWf, but didn’t want to take the time to type it. They were not only foster “kids”, but at-risk teenagers.
I would not be able to dress myself if I had to do what she has done.
Dancing with the Stars or American Idol?
Candidates should refuse the question.
What are you doing about his incessant grunts while the candidates are talking?
He's obnoxious!
Palin was wise to stay home.
Newt is done. First he blasts Paul Ryan than takes a two week cruise, then he lets Calllissstaaauhhhh run the show and guess what? All his staff quits! He's though. Back to the think tank for Newt.
(He is a Democrat Spokesmodel...I think the ASS part goes without saying ;-)
Sorry, I want to like Bachmann, but she sounds like a typical politician: “You know Bob, I was part of that committee that helped make sure.......blah blah blah”
“That’s a greeeeeeeeeeat question, you know, I was the first one to.............”
ugh
That type of response makes my hair stand on end.
The country’s matters are urgent.
King’s asking: cats or dogs? choc or vanilla?
Wow
Exactly..and everybody saw this from the get go.
Yeah I know. I guess just the optics of her as the only woman on stage (and the shortest one too). Unfortunately she and Cain aren’t getting as much time to answer as Mitt and TPaw. But TPaw is getting hammered on twitter moreso than Mitt so bad night for him.
Agree, no one is standing out here. The first person to take on Romney will stand out...Pawlenty missed his chance.
King is trying to paint the Reps as being against all government, which is why he is bringing up NASA and the FDA. He wants them to admit that there is a role for the federal government. Really stupid. Right from the Dem playbook. Romney gave a great answer in that regard.
But, but Mitt is CNN's choice for GOP front runner. They have to give the front runner extra time and softball followups.
Bachman’s laugh
Shes nervous but doing great
Im impressed
Here’s an idea for a debate format:
Each candidate gets 2 minutes to speak about anything, to anyone, in a round-robin fashion until the time is up, round and round, over and over again, with the mikes electronically cut off for each speaker at the end of each 2 minute segment.
No moderator. Just a debate, electronically controlled.
CNN John King DRUNK Announcing Osama Bin Laden is dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24MA76BvTAA
Blackberry or iPod?
This sucks.
Just say no!
I’m waiting for a candidate to say “Let’s stop the stupid questions. I’m not up here to talk about Elvis or American Idol. The country is in trouble. Obama is a disaster. That’s what I want to talk about.”
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