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.
Yep. Newt for WH Chief of Staff and Herman for Sec Commerce.
I have the feeling that your ex-girlfriends control enough votes to keep you in single digits. At least in most southern states.
If I had to sum up your post it would be that Michelle maybe over her head. It’s either that or shes in a steep learning curve.
I think Bachmann did better than I expected; Cain definitely disappointed. Newt still the smartest guy in the room - and seems to still be in it. Pawlenty disappointed. CANNOT warm up to Romney - phony as the day is long.
Santorum? Like him, but nothing impressive tonight. Love listening to Paul, but can’t follow him out to loony land.
Mark is a brilliant guy, no doubt about it.
Citing either Rushbo or Levin. I wouldn’t pretend to know what direction he is headed in next. I think it may actually have been Mark Levin as he contrasted how decisive and brilliant he was in the 90’s (he was carrying water for Reagan at a time when others were afraid to speak out) and how far he has fallen now. The context was when individual Congressman took to the Congressional floor at night and had the entire thing recorded on CSPAN as they put out ideas and attacked the administration. Night after night. Levin thought the tactic was genius.
To their credit, ALL of them hammer Obama long, hard, and continuously, and the avoided the moderator's continuous attempts to get them to attack each other.
The faggot wanted to see a GOP food fight, and he didn't get it.
gergen was highly paid to say that.
LLS
Seems like there was a pow-pow between them to try their best to lay off Obama and keep the target on Obama.
Come on! Manchurian candidate? He may be a stereotypical politician but I think deep down he is a good man. One of my least favorite of the field but I would crawl across broken glass to vote for him over Obama (who is not a good man).
Her answers were vague, plus lot of eye make-up. Big distraction.
I suspect it's hard to adjusting to a debate podium and a podium in front of a crowd of supporters....but I think they'll get a handle before long.
Good. Then the debate was a success.
here! here! I’ve been stalkerishly waiting for her big announcement ever since the day Obama won...I watched Palin on TV at the back of the stage behind McCain while he was giving his concession speech and thought: hah, don’t despair! You are not meant to be anything less than PRESIDENT! (And if anything, being McCain’s VP may have ultimately done her damage rather than good, because of all the RINO initiatives she may have been associated with.)
Anyhow I’ve remained committed to this “nothing less than President-elect 2012) principle ever since, and the more I learn of her, the more it gets affirmed.
But now the waiting is somewhat agonizing. LOL, but I know she will choose the right, God-given time to do it...
Herman Cain has more of an air of a man who knows what authority is, how to use it, and how to respect those from whom he expects the work to get done. I like his no nonse approach but it bumped heads with John King's rushing the kiddies along approach.
LLS
You don’t think Sarah’s MSM bus tour was self adoration? LOL At least Bachmann has the guts to jump in.
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