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.
Obama is an intellectual.
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What???
The night is a success because Romney slit is own throat.
lol
I was more impressed by Pawlenty tonight. Overall, he would be my pick tonight.
Was expecting more from Cain, but I thought he still had a good strong showing, and gave some great anwers.
Paul is smart, but crazy at the same time.
Newt — have always been impressed by Newt.
Mitt — a nervous Nellie. Too many feet in his mouth.
Santorum — more impressed with him tonight.
Bachman — good, solid performance. More impressed by her tonight also.
And that's one of the nicest things I've ever thought about the guy. :)
See you in Tampa September 12 for TEA PARTY EXPRESS/CNN debate: starring SARAH PALIN!
Not a bad grading. I agree with you.
John King=wannbe DBM big shot,but he’s a little leaguer.
She announced at the beginning that she turned in her papers today and will probably formally announce tomorrow.
I agree strongest were Pawlenty and Gingrich.
Romney’s team and the media will be in damage control no doubt. Will likely not make a deal out of it.
But even so...Romney did bad on everything else as well. The guy really has air where his grey matter should be and it gets filled with those blowing in his ear.
“Santorum more impressed with him tonight.”
DITTO!
CNN commentators trying to prop up Romney and Gingrich. Greta talking about that court case with the dead kid.
Did you figure that out all on your own?
Oh, by the way, you won the poll: Humblegunner or Quix?
LOL.
Gingrich is the epitome of the career, professional politician. He represents the GOP Establishment. Gingrich is the Green Conservative who participated in the so called debate with Kerry that turned out to be a love fest. Newt will compromise any principles he may have left. His support of Dede Scozzafava shows what kind of conservative he really is. Newt is a legend in his own mind. The smartest guy in the room—he thinks.
Yes, the MSM meme that Obama is a giant and the GOP candidates are dwarves should have been thoroughly erased from the minds of anybody who watched or listened.
I think Bachmann was the winner tonight; Newt did well as did Santorum and Romney; Pawlenty showed some spine, as I mentioned, and was animated; Cain did not do well, although he would get my vote for Sec Commerce. Paul did not come off as crazy as he could have. Just my opinion...
She's doing just fine handling the criticism on her own.
How'd those 24,000 emails work out for you, d!psh!t?
*crickets*
Cheers!
Yeah Palin was very good tonight,she really nailed all the questions. Only in your fantasy world. Why do you Palin fanatics have to inject Palin everywhere?
Cheerios
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