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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Every time one of the candidates lists ‘real’ solutions, Williams calls time.
Santorum is minor league...time for him to get sent down.
Bachmann tried to script her answers as usual, Romney parroted off everyone else, without conviction of his own, it remains clear that Perry knocked this one out of the park.
He is cool, calm and speaks with serious intellect, does not studder, stammer, etc,,. Anyone who says he is exactly like Bush is a complete idiot.
Perry ain’t gonna be president.
Cain is getting no airtime. MSNBC hates black people.
She's right.
Newt is smooth and smart. But he’s not gonna be POTUS.
The DNC.
Newt is the Curtis LeMay of this debate.
I want Newt to be official Debate Coxswain and Hockey Enforcer against the MSM debate “moderators”.
Well hell he served in the Obama administration didn’t he???? What does that tell you????
Newt is a smart man..
He is like the Dad of all the Candidates....
The Obama campaign.
Current speaking turns: Perry: 16 Romney: 11 Santorum: 6 Cain: 5 Huntsman: 9 Bachmann: 9 Paul: 7 Gingrich: 6
I don’t think so. Huntsman won’t have the broad appeal of someone like Perot.
Oh yeah, nothing like that could ever happen here, could it?
That depends on which way the angled barbed wire up on top faces, right? </sarc>
You’re right; Perry is not a great speaker. He may remind some of GWB in that respect. It could just be first debate jitters.
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