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. 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.
Good to know, thanks :-)
Heh doc. I've got a carotid 100% blocked and am 100% lucid. Where'd you get your medical training?
CNN post-debate: David Rodham Gergan says, Obama White House celebrating tonight after watching this debate. LMAO!
I don’t think I can watch much more of this.
If you've got a ranch on the river, you're watering them from the river, bub. You're not going to drive them fifty miles in the other direction.
A Noot presidency will accomplish the same ultimate socialist America as an Obama presidency, but done more quietly.
If you don’t understand that fact, you should not be voting.
She has predictable liberal pro-Obama comments.
David Gurgle just weighed in to let is know that Obama is Pleased that Anderson got them cat fighting.
FUBO! and FU Gurgle
“That’s a bit of a leap, isn’t it? Michele is beating up on Cain, ergo she’s a Romney supporter.”
If this were one isolated incident, you may have a point. But in debate after debate, Michele has gone after the person who is closest to the polls to Romney, without laying a glove on Romney himself. It makes some of us out here wonder...
They are the only two with any business background in the race. By pointing this out, and saying what the country needs is someone with a business background, he makes it a Cain vs Romney race.
Romney fell into the trap by echoing Cain's statement.
As long as it's 6 vs Romney, Romney wins. when it's one vs Romney, the one wins.
Great post!
Hey stranger! Well, not any stranger than usual. :)
With out Santorum, no one would have started bashing Mittens. You should be happy that he was there tonight to start this slug fest. It was about time Mittens got knocked hard and Rick started it with gusto.
“I would pay money to see one.”
I would too, but we have a better chance of seeing a unicorn than we do seeing Obama debate Gingrich in that format. Obama will never agree to it.
If Newt did indeed have those Lincoln-Douglas style debates with Obama, they could put it on pay-per-view and it would pay off the national debt the first night!
Oh yeah. Too bad he’s not going to be our nominee.
:)
As an ex-Californian of nearly 3 years, I will be praying for you. Good luck out there.
Where are the viking kitties?
I know don’t you love it when people tell you what you saw...
LOL Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are the only two people that deserve to be on that stage they are the best spokespeople for Conservative viewpoints and real solutions to the problem (Progressive MARXISM/OBAMA) that is plaguing the USA.
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