(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.

[nagdt]

Okay... I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!! Not going to prop up CNN’s ratings with this horrible format and mod. Cain/Bachmann doing very well tonight. See ya’ll later.

[DrewsMum]

notice how they always put the one they want to win in the dead spotlight center

[MagUSNRET]

I guess this is why I am not a politician....I would not only not have answered those stupid wuestions, but I would have said something like “Are you Effin kidding me with this crap, King?” (See....yet again...the spirit may be willing, but I am far too honest to be a politician ;-)

[parksstp]

Anybody that attacks Bachmann or Cain is NOT a friend of conservatism. Some people need to come to terms that there might just actually be good, solid conservatives in this race that can deliver the goods. Palin is not the only conservative out there.

[maggief]

She proved the “typical plitician” by not answering Elvis or Cash. Picked both.

Are you serious??? Lame question, one not worthy of any response.

[pgkdan]

Bachmann is over. She let Ed Rollins run his mouth blasting Palin and didn't bother to stop him. Shes done.

Don't think so...Rollins just told the truth.

[bgill]

Id give a years pay to hear Cain say “Boxers or Briefs? We are at war, son, Im goin commando!”

Best answer all night!

[rodguy911]

I don't care how good Bachmann is tonight,she can't even manage a campaign.

Sarah Palin is responsible for her even being in office.Sarah campaigned with her fund raised for her shes in office due to Sarahs' efforts! Bachmann was dumb enough to hire Ed Rollins, a known rino loser, and then she lets him run wild saying crap about Palin!! What kind of manager is that?

[ConservativeTeen]

Santorum just said “let me finish please.” About time someone told that to King.

[caww]

Paul’s being given too much time...interrupts King, says let me finish.

[maica]

I bet the grunts are reflexive responses to what he is hearing producers say in his ear.

[ejdrapes]

Exactly. In fact his comments barely made a splash on the conservative sites. Didn’t go much further than Daily Caller and Politico.

[ClearCase_guy]

I swear King grunts to hurry them up almost before they start talking. He gives them about 10 seconds and then starts grunting to get them to stop.

Sabotage. He doesn't want their message to get out.

[Kakaze]

Newt, stop acting like everyone is a ignorant college student.

You are the same sociology profesoer I blew off in 1988

[bgill]

Cain - no way to get our $ out of SS and medicaid unless restructured.

[samtheman]

Pawlenty gave a good answer on the Ryan medicare question.

[4Liberty]

WOOHOOO! GO CAIN

[rodguy911]

YOU gotta be kidding,not here.

[kabar]

Santorum just hit a home run on Medicare. The Ryan plam is a premium support program not a voucher program.

[tallyhoe]

They won’t turn off his mike after he ask a question and you keep hearing him say yea yea yea!