(LIVE THREAD!) Republican Presidential Debate #5 - Sep. 12, 2011 8pm/5pm: Tampa, FL (CNN)

2012 Election Central ^ | Sept. 12, 2011 | CNN/Tea Party Express

[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 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.

[Matchett-PI]

bttt

[MEG33]

Setting to record..Thanks..I get more out of it if I can go back and listen to precisely what was asked and said.

[STARWISE]

Hi O ~~! Hope you’re having a grand time.
Maybe we’ll see you in the audience tonight.
Will you be holding a sign?

Have a wonderful time. HUGS .. ;)
Can’t wait to hear your observations.

[Jane Long]

Yay!! FR is baaaaackkkk and ready for tonight’s debate:-) Hallelujah!!

[Deo volente]

Free Republic is back on!

Yay!

[Drrdot]

Does anyone know if this debate will be aired live online anywhere?

[A CA Guy]

It repeats 3-4 times, so if someone wants to catch it they will.
Also, these days almost everybody can record on one or two channels while watching a third.

[Raebie]

bkmk

[napscoordinator]

I love that. Thank you!!!!!

[balls]

Believe it or not, most people don’t give a hoot about the NFL

[9YearLurker]

CNN will be live streaming it.

[Drrdot]

Wow, I really should’ve checked there first. Thanks though

[TomGuy]

Does anyone know if this debate will be aired live online anywhere?

Via CNN.com Live website. Possibly, Tea Party Express or some similar Tea Party website, too.

[Ron C.]

First - Tx newzjunkey for the thread - I won't be able to watch it, but will certainly read comments here later.

As to 'Who the Hell is responsible for this?' - First and foremost - leftist media, in hopes of doing as much damage as possible to GOP front-runners. Second and just as responsible - the candidates, that will leap at every opportunity to get their face and ideas in front of voters - despite the adverse climate they walk into.

Last - but certainly not least - all voters that have little genuine interest in who wins, like to see these things to help them keep up a little bit with what is going on in the race. Their viewing of these farces becomes a barometer of sorts by which leftist media learns how to drive their opposition to front-running candidates.

We've already seen what media has done with the last debate, whipping Perry hour by hour over his mention of the SS ponzi-scheme - while swooning over every word that comes from the mouth of the failed idiot currently destroying this nation.

[mikhailovich]

Tonight should be a good one. Perry and Romney will surely do battle over social security. And Perry will have a full week of focused energy, unlike last week when he scurried from SC to TX to CA and dealt with wildfires in-between.

I'm just hoping Wolf Blitzer has at least one moment where he muffs his voice and ends a sentence with "and Bmmmmm mmmmm mmmmmbbuh."

Or is that just on SNL?

[MEG33]

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3
I should be added here when the time comes.

[Signalman]

I wish Huntsman, Paul and Santorum would not participate. They don’t have a chance of winning and they take time from the upper tier candidates.

[Tuxedo]

I doubt any of them pick a VP as classy as Joe.

[thouworm]

Am I mistaken in thinking Palin had already accepted invitation to attend debate?

There is a thread just posted that she will not be there.

Report: Sarah Palin turned down invitation to tonight’s CNN/TPX debate

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2777254/posts

Is this the first we are hearing about this? I hadn’t seen it mentioned on any other Palin thread.

[Parley Baer]

“I wish Huntsman, Paul and Santorum would not participate. They don’t have a chance of winning and they take time from the upper tier candidates”

I agree. However Huntsman is the msm darling so they will keep him in as long as posible. Paul is the kooky guy and the msm likes to think all Republicans are like him(nuts). So they will keep him for show. Santorum is the one that will go first.