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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Sorry, bub..but the issue is not decided. Rubio would be perfect to get this issue to the forefront. Dems might take it up and they fight harder than Republicans.
Btw, if you listen to the Justices on the Supreme Court during an oral argument you will see they don’t agree on this issue.
I’d like to meet that POLITICO asswipe in the parking lot after the debate.
LOL Perry took a shot at Karl
Yes! Perry is standing by his comments on social security!
Perry calls SS a Ponzi scheme.
Doesn’t back down from that theme.
At first I wished Perry would answer the question, but after he finished I liked his answer — why deal with how it started, when we need to deal with what we have before us.
And it IS a Ponzi scheme — when the kids reach retirement, there won’t be enough people paying in to pay for them, unless the payouts are limited.
Ron Paul wants legalized prostitution and drugs.
That strikes him out.
Ahhh...
That dude!
“Who is the guy in the box with Brian Williams?”
He’s with Politico.
Fed Up——————>Social Security question.
Perry stumbled a bit out of the gate, I thought, but his answer was pretty good. He should have better explained what he would do to fix it though.
Wow—he’s treading on thin ice now. I agree about SS, but he’s not going to win any votes with that stance.
I am. Great times when he was leading this country.
Makes me think about my Dad who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a few years after President Reagan. The smartest man I ever knew.
Morris is nuts. Perry is doing well. Mitt looks like maybe he isn’t feeling well or something.
The media are pitting Romney and Perry against each other. That means both of them would be acceptable to them. Two John McCains...
Morris is nuts. Perry is doing well. Mitt looks like maybe he isn’t feeling well or something.
“I’M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR KARL ANYMORE!!!!”
Rove jumped the shark long ago. He is the enemy.
Perry just lost 98% of the senior vote.
Is it my imagination - Herman Cain not getting equal time?
I thought Romney was going to agree with Perry, but then he decided to lie about what Perry is proposing, and attack republicans by saying they want to abolish it.
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