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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“The fence will be used to keep us in”.
Off your meds, Ron?
That's all any sane person should ever need to hear in order to understand who RP is. OMG.
The bastard trying to get Perry to dog Bush about the war. I guess the ass doesn’t know that the congress approves going to war? Like Bush did it all himself.
Perry answered the gotcha question great and the best line tonite was the “ Obama proved that the govt can not create jobs.”
Man I hate when that happens!!!
And of course, we ALL know the solution for SS...right??
What I said was fact. So you ignore fact.
Color me not surprised.
Current speaking turns: Perry: 14 Romney: 9 Santorum: 5 Cain: 5 Huntsman: 7 Bachmann: 9 Paul: 7 Gingrich: 5
That's the media and that's politics. Perry and most of the others have done well tonight and have managed to get a lot of jabs in at the administration. Wow. Now Bachmann going after Obama on Libya. Good.
Yeah Kristinn, I do agree he is off this debate. I am not a supporter either, but Paul sometimes makes some sense in a libertarian way. Tonight he sounds really crazy.
Now I love my crazy uncle too, doesn’t mean I don’t wince at Thanksgiving dinner when he has had too many scotch on the rocks and starts to talk about the aliens again :)
Not really sure what you are asking here, I will say that I will vote for whoever is running against Obama, period.
I just hope it’s someone good.
Bachmann says Obama has weakened us militarily, as member of House Intelligence Committee.
Defends being against Libyan action—says we don’t know who we are backing.
too right...and they’ll get a pass for this...he should have spoken in Spanish with English translations....just like Lowe’s.
Yep. But Bachmann is 10x better on these foreign affairs and military questions than Perry is.
By waiting, she is allowing all of them to showcase themselves and define themselves, That benefits them and it benefits her. There will be plenty of debates.
People who say something like: "once we secure the border, then we can talk about those already here", are passing up a chance to say they are against amnesty, or paths to citizenship for illegals.
I hear several politicians saying that, candidates and otherwise. It's what McCain in now saying.
*ignore*
getting ready for the $300 billion jobs announcement tomorrow.
Let’s see...Obama is giving a speech tomorrow night on job creation.
Hmmmm, how many job creation questions have we had tonight? Or is Rick Perry’s book more important?
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