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.
oh please...in politics, a day is like a year...minds change, the unexpected happens frequently (McCain getting the nomination in '08 for example) and a lot of those swing voters (and the vast majority of Americans) have never gotten the chance to hear post-McCain Sarah Palin speak for herself in a political forum or setting unfiltered, and they will soon get to do that once she enters the race...not only that, but the MAJORITY of voters who will be determining in the GENERAL ELECTION (versus Obama) do NOT pay attention to the process this early! Swing voters who do not tend to be of any party do not partake in primaries, and will not be making up their mind until well into 2012 when the candidate for either side has been pretty much determined.
regardless:
If there's anything I've learned in my long time of political observation, it's:
THE ONLY POLLS THAT MATTER ARE THE ONES ON VOTING DAYS!
Cain is doing well right now. Bachmann not getting much time to speak. :(
“boxers or briefs”.
Thaqts the Q for Romney.........
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Magic underwear LOL
LOL! I wonder what he’s being told. To shut up, or to keep grunting and stop these candidates from making mincemeat out of their god, Obama and everything he’s done?
Santorum smacks down KING!
CAIN’s smacking down ALL!!!
drink!!
Finally Cain getting some Mic. Bringing up Galveston, the test case for opting out of SS! I half-ass remember that.
GO CAIN
Your afraid. Bachmann is performing well tonight. It’s a shame Palin didn’t participate because I would like very much to see them on stage together so I can objectively evaluate both.
Makes no difference to you though. What a shame.
Cain sounds good and stands out the most. Newt stands out because it sounds lke he’s a little upset.
Maybe newt saw his own poll numbers.
Too bad he's such a nut case.
King sounds like he’s on crack.
Cain giving a great answer on Medicare — as soon as he gets to the point, King practically cuts him off.
Maddening!
If I was up there and was given an either/or question, I’d say “None of your business”. And I’d be serious about it. Stupid stuff!
This whole debate seems so rushed. When one of them answers slowly, I am delighted, and Santorum just gave it to King —saying to let him FINISH! He was nice and said ‘please’. (I wouldn’t be so nice.)
Newt is way to cerebral. Too much of a policy wonk. That’s not what people want in a President.
AMEN!!!!!
Yeah and not doing a very good job of it Tom. IMHO, that finished him with his base.
TPaw says we should 'keep our word' to those in or near the program and agrees with Paul about insolvency will offer a Medicare proposal different than the Ryan plan.
Newt asked about the Ryan plan and his "right-wing social engineering" comment. Says Ryan plan courageous but Newt has other ideas on Medicare.
Santorum asked a stupid question "should Republicans slow down?" He suggests using the Medicare Part D model.
Cain supports the Ryan plan. Cain is asked about specifics on reforming Social Security: cuts, means testing, higher retirement age, etc. Cain wants personal retirement accounts and cites Chile and Galveston as models. Says tinkering wont' do it, need to transition out.
Bingo! They're skewering Obama and he's trying to shut them up.
Mitt - bad mouthing current admin but not saying what he’d do to solve the problem.
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