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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Rove will back anyone that might beat Perry.
Hear, hear. I like Cain’s straightforward approach and direct answers. He seems a lot more sincere than the other “campaigners” to me.
The Merck kickbacks were Perry’s motivation for Gardasil.
It doesn’t have anything to do with his concern for girls.
Romney also gave a great answer on the Gardasil question. He refused to attack Perry on it.
I hate to admit it, but I think Romney is doing very well.
Poor ol’ Paul. I think Gaurdasil just backfired on him :) Perry explained that one and put it to bed.
Didn't he say it was a 'Ponze Scheme"? I think anyone who sees a Ponze Scheme would want to get rid of it.
Then why not pit Bachman against Cain?
All this whining about parental rights. No parental rights were trampled — all you had to do was say “no thank you.”
Dick Morris should be like Cher and stop using a last name.
Ron Paul getting the most time IMO..
MSLSD is deliberately avoiding giving Cain much face time. They still want to perpetuate the illusion of a “racist” GOP and Tea Party.
MSNBC would like to dismis everyone but Paul for the rest of the debate. He’s liberal media gold.
It would have been a good answer if he would have added ANYTHING about how to reform and save it...he failed. Morris may be right.
Perry is on top of the heap right now and defending himself well from the potshot.
O’Reilly just played the Cain Western campaign commercial. It was good. The moral of the story was color of skin and reading lines off a telemprompter makes for a good actor if you are casting for the role of black dude in a movie.
It doesn’t make a good President.
Pretty much, but Perry is defending himself well.
Palin is licking her chops watching this thing tonight.........
What do natural disasters have to do with Homeland Security?
Oh, Williams is attacking Ron Paul for wanting to get rid of FEMA.
Sad part is anyone under 55 isn’t likely going to see Social Security benefits.
I’m 42 and I KNOW I won’t see it and I remember in all the way back in college talking about it.
I doubt Perry’s going to offend anyone under 50.
MSNBC has successfully devolved this in to an ATTACK ON EACH OTHER, instead of attacking Obama.
And mostly with Ron Paul’s eager help, enforcing the MSNBC “Crazy Christo-Fascist Republican Nutjobs!” theme...
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