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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Not impressed at all.
Pray for a fast-moving terminal illness.
Not impressed at all.
Bachmann runs down Obama on the ruining of our military. Follow up re “ARAB Spring” “Wrong to go in in there”. She mentions global caliphate. Lost on the MS-EMPTY custom suit-boys.
He did great!!!
slammed thaty right back to him..I think Perry would be great in the real Rep/Dem debates...
Nice comments from santroum on foreign policy!
Not Mexican - he’s Cuban. Big difference.
If you think you can 'rope a dope' yourself into the nomination from here on, - I want to have some of that stuff you're smokin.
Dick Morris:
“Perry good on Keynesian Policy”
“Perry gives good answer on military commitments”.
Excellent answer by Michelle.
I hated Perry’s sucking up to Oblahblah on Middle Eastern policy and the Arab Bling.
None of them are going to come out against amnesty. Not one.
Took her a couple of times but Michelle got it right on Libya.
I don’t agree with Santorum on the isolationist thing.
Santorum is a goof.
Current speaking turns: Perry: 14 Romney: 9 Santorum: 6 Cain: 5 Huntsman: 8 Bachmann: 9 Paul: 7 Gingrich: 5
Huntsman won’t be a Tier 3 candidate after these debates. His FB page is exploding. :) You might not get it, but the style resonates with a lot of voters that would otherwise seriously consider Obama.
I was out of the room and Santorum was talking and I thought it was Ron Paul!
Go away Huntsman.
Here comes Huntsman, exposing his true RINO nature.
And the LORD has blessed him through his blindness, with a gift for spiritually discernment--especially with regard to people.
So I asked him what he thought of Perry, I won't go into the details--but let's just say:
He is a lifelong Republican and I asked him if it came down to Obama or Perry, who he would vote for, and he said:
"Neither. I would write in Palin."
This is a man of deep, deep conviction and a very powerful testimony.
Huntsman for global warming and evolution!
I liked Huntsman until he backed up “consensus” on so-called Climate Change. What a fool.
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