Posted on 10/18/2011 4:37:49 PM PDT by kristinn
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, 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.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. Hes 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.
It is in Tampa Bay and yes it is during the hurricane season.
I think I saw a little growth in that regard today, but he needs to do even more -- especially since the plan is likely to turn off just as many people as it inspires.
“That was addressed in Plyler vs Doe and when CA Prop 187 was declared unconstitutional in the 1990s.”
Prop 187 has never been declared unconstitutional. Pfaelzer stayed the law contending that only the federal government had authority over immigration.
It has never been adjudicated by anyone other than Carter appointee Judge Marianna Pfaelzer. The Proposition was subverted when Gray Davis conspired with Pfaelzer to not have her stay appealed.
Arnold could have filed the appeal, but RINO that he is he was no more interested in seeing Prop 187 passed than was Pfaelzer and Gray Davis.
I’m talking about these 7.
Bachmann beating up on Cain. She is in the tank for Romney. It’s too obvious.
He can be Speaker of the House without being a member of congress.
Heard about this years ago.
Cruise the Religion Forum...chockful of Mormon haters..
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Name names. Show us where anyone hate Mormons.
I find such generalizations offensive. Bush and Perry are two separate people and worlds apart. Perry speaks slower than others. That's his style. You see it as Perry not being smart but that is not necessarily the case. Perry's problem is not that he speaks slow or he is from Texas but that he doesn't come across strong in the debates. Debates aren't his thing. I think Cain and Newt are doing the best IMO.
When one is the Commander in Chief there is no debate.
Like George W. Bush said, “I’m the decider.”
It’s a Texan thing.
My husband has it. He pauses so long while telling a story that I think he’s stopped. Then if I speak, he says, why do you always interrupt me. LOL.
Omg! Perry wants to defund the UN ! Freaking go Perry!!!
With respect to my Texan friends, it’s cultural. Texans value a slower paced speaking style, which sometimes comes across to “Yanks” as slow and plodding. I’ve found many Texans are very different one-on-one than in this kind of public group setting.
If it makes you feel better, I checked on National Review Online. They think Romney pooped rose petals all debate long.
Of course, I’ve come to think of NRO as the enemy within...
Ron Paul just pooped in the punch bowl on que.
True.
Perry calls for defunding the UN! Hell Yeah!
I wish this Rick had been around for the earlier debates, maybe he’s finally ready to rumble!
YICK. I am just so turned off by Perry. As a woman, he sounds to me like like a jerky abusive man in a fight with his wife. Just can’t stand his goofy twang.
I for one have had enough of these Texas politicians.
And Bachman looks like her face is chapped from the wind or something. She also sounds so droning and monotone.
Cain sure is sharp tonight.
How arrogant is that?
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