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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I’ll vote for whoever says “Mr Williams, the President called, he’s ready for u to wipe his ass for him now”
Agree 100%!!
Perry is holding his own quite well, IMO. I’m glad he is right next to Mitt.
he’s not fooling me...or anyone else.
Not sure. Depends on one's definition of NBC and the opinions vary.
From a bloke's perspective, considering her age, she is not bad looking and nothing is wrong with her hair. She does go on thick with her make-up but she looks at least 10 years younger than she is.
...and now back to the debate...
At least Gov. Perry is going into details about people in TX do not want the government controling every detail of their lives.
He’d be a great VP choice. VPs can have a little extra baggage. It’s all old news anyway.
“Newt doesn’t have any supporters”
Maybe his latest mistress...
I haven’t noticed that.
This was a good opportunity for perry to bring up the illegal immigration issue when he was asked about having the highest percent of uninsured. He missed it.
he reminds me of the guy on the Steeplechase Amusement Park billboard.
Did someone take John Huntsman to John Kerry’s spray-on tan booth?
I’ve got it down to a science! lol
Perry is as good as advertised .... very pleased.
My thought exactly, and the illegal issue also affects education in Texas. He missed the chance to point that out.
Huntsman’s mannerisms are reminding me of John Edwards for some reason.
Huntsman is on a RINO monologue.
I’m surprised he hasn’t begun an answer with “Callista and I think . . . “ but maybe I missed it.
Perry fumbled on the question about why so many in TX are uninsured.
He should have said ‘choice’ and a good health care system, not government forced insurance.
The moderators are trying to prop Huntsman as much as possible.
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