Posted on 09/22/2011 2:55:26 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: FOXNEWS
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The NINE(!) Candidates:
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, 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.
Gary Johnson
Johnson served as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2002. He founded what would become one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. He has competed in several triathlons and climbed Mount Everest.
I don’t think his hair color is relevant. He probably won’t get the nomination, but many will agree that is the smartest guy in the room.
Kay Bailey is a RINO. The California border is very different than the Texas/Mexico topography, but if the Feds want to pay to build it I’m all for it.
Someone should tell RuPaul that we’re all in the system. I guess he’s never heard of Socialist Security numbers.
Does he have dementia ? I’m curious.
This isn’t a debate, it’s an episode of American Idol.
Texans voted for that. It was so popular he couldn’t have vetoed it.
I think FOX should ditch its motto of “Fair and Balanced”, in the interests of truth and honesty.
I can't even bring myself to vote for Bachmann or Gingrich. Cain is the only one up there who has the courage to do as he says he will do.
Yup.....I can’t get past Perry on this immigration issue. If elcted he would shove amnesty right down our throats like GWB.
If I heard right, this “in-state” tuition goes for those illegals who are in the system for citizenship, no?
Yes, Palin will enter the race at the last minute and be the “fresh face” - somewhat risky strategy as she risks a frontrunner getting so far ahead that she can’t catch up. However it appears that Perry is going to be fading fast as frontrunner after these debate performances.
The fence was built in Hunter’s district.
The pull of Texas voters towards Democrats to support freebies for illegal aliens is the excuse Rush gave for Perry’s policy, but I bet that factor is WAY overstated.
While some see Perry as weak, I see him as shaping the debate.
Yes fences work...if they aren’t the worn out junk that’s been put up in Texas that they call fences....where the fences are done the right way it cut illegal crossings in those areas 90%...
The Border Patrol site shows some of these dufuss fences...sad...but where they are solid they work
I’m a Texan and Perry has been spewing that same garbage about boots on the border and survellience etc for years. Always around election time. Perry is for open borders, don’t be fooled.
IMO we must close the borders first, only hope for our country economically.
It’s not popular with people that don’t live in Texas.
The problem is Ron Paul is right about almost everything but foreign policy. The other problem is foreign policy is a responsibility of the federals,
Tell me exactly what that means, please. Do you have particular issues or ideas, say those in “Fed Up!” or “On my Honor” that you can oppose or is it just that your emotions drive your opinion?
Native-born Americans filled just 20 percent of the new jobs in Texas, the report says, even though "the native born accounted for 69 percent of the growth in Texas' working-age population." "Thus, even though natives made up most of the growth in potential workers, most of the job growth went to immigrants," the report concludes.
That statement doesn't even make sense, to me. It contradicts itself.
As Texans, and as small biz owners, we've noticed large companies moving to Texas and hiring some out of state (managers, etc.), but mostly TEXANS have been hired by these new (to Texas) companies.
Don’t go towards the light!
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