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. Hes 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.
So Romney wants them there forever...
I guarantee you that if Palin was there Romney wouldn’t have gotten off the hook all night. What a disgrace that not one of the other candidates took him on.
Paul - bring our troops home now
After all the Sh!tStorm Sarah's been the center of? And you wonder why she is choosing to enter the race on HER timing, HER terms?
...and you told me you weren't a PDS troll.
Cheers!
I’m watching pre-debate commentary on www.pjtv.com & they are supposed to stream the debate live.
Paul is pictured as a space cadet but the guy is right on on so many issues.
OBL is on the plate.
Ron Paul is talking. Says “out of Iraq, Yemen, Pak. No purpose there, our presence isn’t making friends.”
It was Santorum’s grandfather who came over, he said so much in his candidacy speech.
Obomney-care! yep, that was Palenty, I love it!
Romney stuck foot in and chewed ....turn Afghanistan over to “Taliban Military”...what a complete idiot.
Even without the past shadowing him, Romney’s answers tonight are weak and lacking, he’s not looking good at all.
Good point. Mormons don’t usually serve in high numbers.
I have a problem with these types of groups — they come here, make LOADS of money, do the high falutin’ type jobs ...bankers, investers, lawyers ...never seeming to get their hands dirty.
Then again, someone’s got to pay the soldiers.
You heard it here 1st. Romney will hand Afghanistan over to the Taliban government.
(Oops!!!)
LOL, I’m laughing at the Palinista’s. They are hoping she jumps into a race she has no intention of entering, she’s just playing with them to pimp up book sales.
Paul - bring our troops home now
Great, they can get in the unemployment lines with
everyone else.
I’d bet your number is closer to the truth.
The big worry is about what happens in Pakistan if we leave Afghanistan. Radical muslims (Pakistani Taliban) with nuclear weapons could be a real threat. The Paks protected OBL for ten years.
Pawlenty making a strong statement on foreign policy, referring to 9/11.
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