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.
Like a game show, one of them should be dropped tonight.
A predictable arrangement of the candidates...
Isn’t Anderson Cooper the unbiased journalist who coined the ‘teabagger’ expression a couple of years back?
Girlygirl moment: Liking Bachman’s hair. Not liking the outfit. Looks like she’s catering the event, not like one of the candidates.
Liberals, being unstable, live in a world of drama.
Anderson Pooper is what I heard on Talk Radio this afternoon. LOL
Huntsman and the NM guy are not there tonight.
The fewer the better.
Maybe we can vote 1 or 2 off the island after this evening.
The questions will be more telling than the answers.
Yeah, Huntsman is “boycotting” the debate. I wonder if anyone will notice?
“What is that intro? It is like the intro to The Real World on MTV?”
Horribly dumbed down nonsense. They must figure Democrats are watching.
Bingo.
Singing the national anthem? A little rare for CNN???
Lord have mercy. The music, the stage, the lighting, the long walk to the dais. This looks exactly like a game show.
Seems like a friendly audience.
Huntsman is boycotting. Cool. His family gave money to HARRY REID. So shove it, Huntspunk.
Huntsman is boycotting in solidarity with NH over its first in the nation primary status.
Applause meter:
Gingrich 9
Bachman 6
Cain 9
Romney 6
Perry 7
Santorum 5
Paul 8
Of course, I am losing my hearing;)
I heard that, kind of hard in 60 and 30 sec time allotments.
The same. But he’s “unbiased”, I’ve heard. Yeah...
I liked that rendition of the National Anthem.
It and America the Beautiful should be ‘bellowed’ out, not meeky, weakly sung.
EXCELLENT
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