Live Thread: Republican Presidential Debate on National Security 8 P.M. EST 11/22/11 on CNN

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Hosted by the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, the theme of tonight's Republican presidential debate is foreign policy and national security.

The debate is being held at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

CNN is carrying the debate live at 8 p.m. EST.

Participating candidates are: businessman Herman Cain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Speaker Newt Gingrich, Reps. Ron Paul (TX) and Michele Bachmann (MN), former Gov. Jon Huntsman, and former Sen. Rick Santorum.

[BagCamAddict]

So Huntsman gets 2+ minutes every time he talks?

[Revolting cat!]

Huntsman could see Afghanistan from the porch of the Beijing embassy!

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

Well, we've got tomorrow's headline:

"Huntsman says 'Everything has to be on the table.'"

Hank

[mylife]

I would love to see Six Sigma work in the Gov.

[jessduntno]

Hope you’re getting Newt’s answer - in its entirety - he’s right on all counts!”

I can’t imagine listening to Newt, comparing the others and putting them in the same class. His poll numbers will be up again this week.

[glock rocks]

And soon Romney will recognize that and agree wholeheartedly. Yep.

Huntsman: “Professor Woolfowitz” LOL. Good points for Huntsman for those who understood what he said.

[opentalk]

CNN will not ask any questions about our Mexican border and national security, reflects bad on Obama. Wish one of the candidates would bring it up.

[Political Junkie Too]

Cain was talking about foreign aid. What good DOES foreign aid do in the poor African countries? Cain said that it goes from American poor to the rich in poor African countries, used as political weapons.

-PJ

[bigbob]

Agree, but then Newt tosses out “Lean and Six Sigma” - like that crap does anything in administrative functions, or that overpaid career bureaucrats with superior benefits are going to work on projects that make their jobs unnecessary.

[Winstons Julia]

Nope ... Newt wrote the book on this before Palin was a twinkle in McCain’s eye.

[Reily]

The US handing out money there didn’t happen in a vacuum, its been policy to do that since the the Cold War. And compared to State, AID & DOD defense aid programs CIA moneys was paltry.

[La Enchiladita]

WHAT IS THIS, THE FRIGGIN’ RON PAUL SHOW?

No, it's Paul and Huntsman, with a smattering of Gingrich and a dash of Perry. And shouldn't FReepers be happy Mitt has only spoken twice?

[icwhatudo]

Huntsmann gets free ride-If that was Bachmann, she would have been interrupted 3 times already.

[not2worry]

No one’s winning the debate.

[Pravious]

“Huntsman, PLEASE, GO AWAY.”

... and if you can’t go away, PLEASE JUST STFU.

[ConservativeDude]

Go Perry!

[onyx]

ROTFLOLOL.
That guy bores me to death!
He has to go away!

[kabar]

Did Santorum show up tonight? Huntsman with less than 1% support is getting lots of air time.

[dragnet2]

Perry: super committee big failure

I was the uh,,,,uh head of Texas

[Yankee]

Jon Huntsman is a Hollywood screenwriter’s version of what a Republican candidate should be.