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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Santorum out for me as well...he can’t beat Obama. Paul, Huntsman, Santorum, Perry down, Bachmann, Romney, break even, Newt, Cain up.
Perry, Cain, Bachman, Newt (credit for kicking b@lls) then McRomney. All others are insignificant.
So who do you like? And welcome to FRee REpublic.
Perry makes no apaology for executing murderers. Audeince applause.
Williams the a-hole says—what do you make of audience applauding the death of 234 people(i.e. executions in TX).
Perry doesn’t back down.
All it takes is knowing someone with cervical cancer then finding out that HPV could be prevented with a shot, then one might take a different look at it.
My knee jerk reaction when moving to TX in 2007 was similar to those seen on this thread but the more I find out about what really happened and not just the sound byte or head line, then I can understand what happened.
Not sure I agree yet, but your explanation makes sense.
“yeah, to reply to the questions framed to attack him over and over and over”
Which means he gets to make his own point over and over and over...
Perry struck out on the climate question, has he not been briefed on the CERN report that declared global warming to be heliocentric?
What a hoot it would be for the next President to bring out Newt as his/her press secretary. I’d pay to watch those press encounters.
Perry was excellent on the death penalty. Impressive here, not so much on other questions. He needs to do a bit more homework.
Perry taking on capital punishment. paraphrase ... “If you murder Texans you will face execution”
Perry just nailed it on the death penalty....thoughtful clear answer!
Like you I joined late. So far I hear real good stuff from Perry, Bachmann, Gingrich, Paul. Just hearing Cain tonight. He sounds real good too.
Newt does well in these debates. Wish he had more questions.
He has been up and down tonight, but he nailed that one.
I think Perry is thinking before he speaks...perhaps a bit too much, but considering there are a horde of runny-nosed lefties drooling in anticipation of a line they can use to make him out to be something ending in “ist”, I would too.
"Neither. I would write in Palin."
Quite simply, he would then be contributing to the re-election of the President, and to the downfall of this nation, as sure as the day is long.
BRIAN WILLIAMS what do YOU think about the thousands of tiny babies that are murdered in this country EVERY SINGLE DAY? Why are you crying about a couple hundred murderers being executed?
That really took the (lib) moderators by surprise. Williams was amazed at the ‘bloodthirsty’ reaction of the crowd!
Amen!!!!
What a hoot it would be for the next President to bring out Newt as his/her press secretary. I’d pay to watch those press encounters.LOL!
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