Posted on 09/07/2011 1:53:42 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: MSNBC
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 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.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an ob-gyn and was Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Rick Perry
Perry is the three term governor of Texas, from 2000 to current. He is a retired Air Force captain for former farmer. He has a degree in animal science.
Mitt Romney
Romney was governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007) and former CEO of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican 2008 nomination for president. 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.
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Good get for Greta!
Cain is likable. Far more so than any other candidate in the debate.
Don’t pay any attention to these Perry haters on this thread...Perry did very very well...I know they are disappointed on how well he did do.
I generally agree with your analysis except to say if Bachmann bows out in the face if a Palin candidacy, most of Bachmann’s support will go to Palin.
IMO.
I think you called it pretty well Windflier. It certainly was better then the first one Fox put up. But more to come and we’ll see how it flies next time.
I was slaying dragons on MSNBC site during this debate. Really fun knocking them down but quite interesting many were checking out the candidates because they will not vote for Obama again. Many didn’t know Santorum or Huntsman , some thought the debate was rigged because Perry and Romney were given so much face time.
Utah’s been a safe harbor for him.
Clearly you missed the DYNAMIC portions of my analogy. The Commodore dresses well in port.
You haven’t studied the polls of late ’07 and early ’08 have you.
Though I'm not a Newt fan he did seem to hit the most home runs.
What was most telling IMO were the poor performances of Huntsman and Santorum.
The rest had ups and downs but overall did fine.
In a word, any administration with Romney in it makes me just want to barf!
Perry/Cain
Palin/Cain
Palin/Perry
NO Romney...EVER! ok? :)
I swear she keeps saying Rush will be on. Or maybe I’m hearing things.
This is the second time I swear I heard her say Rush would be on next.
It really may be time for bed. Haha
Sharpton is questioning Perrys intelligence and once again brings up “Gahlayo” LOL
CC, I echo Pallidin...
but how about this...as we need every stinkin’ vote we can get, let’s all tell the Man Upstairs that none of us can leave until the damage is un-done and have Him cancel our reservations, eh?
Prayers to you...
Absolute ZERO chance that Gov. Palin will run 3rd Party. She is not a nut. Read Going Rogue, and after a few pages, you’ll know that this is a zany notion. She HAS warned that OTHERS might want to run if the nominee is not true to Constitutional principles. But it WON’T be her! Bob
Haha sorry!
Amen sister!
Indeed, that is THE bottom line! :)
Thanks, I have perfect peace that my God is in control.
Nope.
Take it to the bank, Rubio will be on the Perry ticket (as long as they get the whole N.B.C. thing settled out). That would be an electoral landslide. FL, OH, IA, and NM go red.
Now if Rubio is ineligible, I think the next logical choice is to go after a “reformer” with a record of creating jobs. I think Scott Walker would be a very interesting pick. Haley of SC would be an interesting pick too, but they might try to throw the comparisons back to Palin on her. In anycase, I think the running mate should be a Gov versus a Senator/Congressman.
Greta’s warming up with Trump, who should challenge Steve Wyn for the Democrat nomination
I’ll answer. Not really a Perry fan, but a Texan who knows.
Perry has annoyed and double-crossed me repeatedly, and I don’t like him. But I will support him. I do believe he can do the job. And he has a backbone.
He is conservative. Toss all the garbage about him supporting Al Gore years ago. Most Texas politicians were dems back then. Simply not an issue.
He’s walked the walk for years as a social conservative, pro-family, pro-life. He’s one of us.
What he didn’t say tonight — and probably should have — is that Texas has massive problems that other states don’t because of illegal immigration. It’s a mistake to be too critical of Perry on the issue, because it’s complicated, very much so, and he knows the nuances of the difficulties first-hand.
He gets lumps for saying he doesn’t favor a fence on the Texas border. There are excellent reasons for that, including terrain, all the land it would take from property owners, the impracticality of it. If you don’t know the Texas border — as most of his critics on the subject don’t — you can’t understand that he understands the problem and offers better ideas.
Much of Texas has been largely Mexican since we were an independent nation. We have heroes of our Revolution who fought Mexico and whose descendants still live here. Therefore, most true Texans know good hispanics who are fine neighbors and friends. Frankly, so are many hard-working but law-breaking illegals who live among us, their kids citizens. They shouldn’t be here, but neither are we allowed to send them home.
What would I do if my home was overrun with drug gangs and I wanted a safe place for my kids to grow up? Would I pack up and sneak in and take any work I could get to survive?
We also know that the current illegal situation is causing massive problems and that state government’s hands are largely tied by Washington on the matter. We have to serve the illegals, have to educate them, get no help but have their poverty and illiteracy held against us.
Perry knows more than most that these are difficult questions, and he knows what is needed in Washington to stop the inflow and solve the border state problems. You heard his anger with Obama in the “liar” comment tonight.
He is better informed and equipped to deal with illegal immigration than any other candidate on the stage tonight. But all the power — and roadblocks — are in Washington.
Keep your mind open about Perry.
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