Posted on 09/07/2011 1:53:42 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: MSNBC
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, 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 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.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
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.
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In a word or two; how the hell do they feel about the disappearance of 'America' and American values? And what are they going to do; to help restore our Country?
My message to candidates: It's NOT JUST THE ECONOMY!
If there was any question who Obama doesn’t want to run against, we found out tonight. It is definitely Perry. I think the White House wrote these attacks on Perry, err, I mean questions.
I watching Brent Bozell on Hannity now.
I’m not a Ron Paul supporter. However he has had better debates this year. This one has been a bad performance for him. Really bad. He’s come off as barely coherent in some of his answers—even on subjects that he routinely hits out of the park.
Of course, I always say no to that, because there’s no “tea party” to join. I stand for tea party principles. It’s not about membership, it’s about fixing our country.
Dittos.No more crony corporate capitalism.
“Like you, I am not for sale!”
Palin
But that means Colin Powell and all the elites who have excellent gardening crews will have their butts in jail....
I like that thought...
ditto.
msdnc wants material for obama to use against perry.
Huntsman IS crying
No Pledge boy needs to go...don’t like him.
Huntsman = RINO Breck Girl
If she wants to be a candidate, it won’t be forgotten that she has yet to participate in any of these tough forums.
So if she enters, all eyes will be on her. Perry is getting his tonight.
These people aren’t perfect, but they at least are participating equally under the same circumstances and are dealing with their warts rather well.
Not just Conservatives, it is a general misanthropy.
Good answer.
You caught my drift.
Seriously, what is her future if she does not run?
What will her supporters think?
I will NOT give it a rest. The information is OUT there if you care to dig around.
You and others flamed people that continued to bash Palin over some of the issues she’s been involved with stating that all of it had been explained...and it had for God’s sake.
But it’s different with Perry. No matter what reasons he gives it’s not good enough. He’s lying, covering up etc.
It’s worse than when Pissant kept on about Palin even after the issues were explained FULLY he continued to bash her. Well it’s the Pissant syndrome on the Perry threads as well.
No...I will NOT give it a rest when falsehoods continue to be pushed.
Will someone please tell Huntsman to stop coming to these debates? Please.
Michele is for amnesty?
Current speaking turns: Perry: 12 Romney: 9 Santorum: 5 Cain: 5 Huntsman: 7 Bachmann: 7 Paul: 7 Gingrich: 5
I don’t think Perry explained entitlements or healthcare well. I think his answer about Social Security will make some viewers alarmed. If I had been Perry, I would have said that people are moving to Texas, not moving out. I also would have said that the large number of illegal aliens in Texas skew the health care numbers, but maybe that answer is too “insensitive.”
Bachmann’s answer to what would she do after she secured the border was weak.
Cain gave good answers, but he won’t win.
Although I don’t like or trust Romney, he sounded good.
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