Posted on 08/11/2011 4:15:45 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: FOXNews
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT
The Candidates:
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, she earned a Master of Laws degree, 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 the 58th 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 obstetrician-gynecologist and was the Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Tim Pawlenty
Pawlenty served two terms as governor of Minnesota, from 2002 to 2010. He served in the Minnesota House from 1992 until 2002. He is the son of a truck driver.
Mitt Romney
Romney was the 70th 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.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
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There are only two people in this debate that I would trust to do what they say and those two people are....Paul and Bachman! I voted for Romney in primary in PA in 2008 because I thought he was the one person who would be great with the economy. I have found out a lot more since then and I would not support him in the primary this time. About Sarah...although I love her...where is she? She can’t keep waiting to announce! By the way...I never thought I WOULD even consider Paul but I am so disgusted with the Republicans and the way the country is going that maybe we need someone just like Paul!
Romney is hands down the best at this in terms of presentation. Bachmann is impressive. Everyone else is ho-hum, with the exception of Pawlenty, who looks like an ass and Huntsman who looks like a deer in the headlines.
“It’s too bad Newt’s a tool....debate-wise, he would clean Barry’s Austrian-speaking clock.”
True. The only two up there who could stand up consistently against BHO in debate and not get (or seem) rattled are Newt and Cain. Cain’s steadily boning up on any areas he’s been a bit weak on, and he’s excellent, but I’d still have to rate Newt #1 (so far) on debating BHO. And BOTH he and Herman are far superior intellectually to the Wan.
Now Wallace is bashing Newt
good for Newt on wallace
It was Bachmann who was there leading WE, the PEOPLE against Obamacare. The fact that it passed was not in any way a lack of leadership on her part.
IMO, Pawlenty lost any chance he had of getting the nomination in two nasty 30 second bites.
Great job Newt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Took it to Chris Wallace!
Thank you Newt!!!
good for Newt on wallace
Wow, Gingrich throwing down the guantlet to Wallace. LOL.
Newt verbally slaps Chrissy Wallace.....stop with the gotcha questions!!!!
They both looked really bad !
Newt +1 !!!
I’m sick of these “gotcha questions”
Agreed. Romney and bachmann are the leaders.
RomneyBOT Chris Wallace demeans Newt Gingrich
with endless “Gotcha questions”.
Wallace has returned to VICIOUS after his petting of,
and lap dance for, Milt Romney.
wallace is being a prick
Gingrich just told Wallace to set aside the gotcha questions. But, Grinch sounds like a whiney ass jerk . . his voice sounds funny, as if he is nervous. But he just ended sounded ending angry!
Agreed! Good for Newt!
Salute to Newt Gingrich for that!
Terrific NEWT!
WHOA!!
I love him for that.
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