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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Ron Paul is right .....quit fighting wars and there will be none...in fact there will be nothing .....the bad guys will destroy everything when we leave
they just ran out of softball questions for Romney
It's perfect!
Newt asked about loyalty testing and security provisions against infiltrators such as the communists who were in the government. Mentions historical cases.
I didn’t post the original quote, btw. I like Sarah a lot, but being out and among all kinds of people every day (not just conservatives like me), I recognize that it will be a problem getting the cross-section necessary to win. I hear all the comments and strong reactions to her, unfortunately.
Just sayin’ the way it is out there.
What a stupid question for Cain....about Mitt’s Mormonism
Enough with the “gotcha” questions. For crying out loud.
Shame on Fox for allowing him to ramble on promoting his brand of craziness. I had to turn off the television because Paul is such an embarrassment to republicans and conservatives. Dear lord, I wish he would (or someone would force him to) STFU.
Agree. He’s been pretty good tonight imo, when allowed to fully answer. Too bad he’s not a real player. I think they’re (Fox/establishment)trying to keep Mitt out of the bloodbath.
This has not been a very good night for her. Sarah wouldn’t have fallen for that idiot, set-up squabble.
Well now he may be forced to defend his faith.
Very true! We American voter want to hear all candidates in the debates and they should not be denied that.
This debate is for US, not for the candidates.
He looks off his rocker. Dude is downright scary on his positions on Iran..ya know somewhere in Tehran crazy Mahmoud is rooting for this guy to win
Why is Paul getting so much face time? He seems to get more than anyone else.
Fox is in the bag for Romney along with the other media...because they know that Romney will not pull out the independent and on-the-fence votes. He is too old guard and the Dems and libs know that.
We need to keep a box of nerf balls handy if we are so unfortunate as to encounter O’Reilly on our TV.
The ghost of John Lennon prepared RP tonite.
I’m more impressed with Newt tonight than I ever thought I would be.
He set the tone for the candidates taking it to the smarmy moderators. I’d take any of the eight over the press, even the now-questionable Fox.
Perry and Palin are effin brilliant. Let these guys kill each other and then when everyone is tired of the bickering, declare.
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