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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Bachman is still there. Just spotted her in a wide shot of the stage....
Santorum sinking on immigration. Buh bye.
I can’t believe NBC and Politico are using a token Hispanic to ask questions only about (illegal) immigration. How racist of them!
Newt gave some good history. Simpson-Mizzoli of 1986 was to clean up the problems and be followed by border control and immigration law enforcement.
This debate is no waste of time!
These candidates are showing how they can stand up to this kind of sh##### which will only keep coming and will continue to grow as we go through this campaign.
They are showing they have guts and courage, and I am very proud of them for giving of their very important time to show us who they are and how they can stand up to the pressure.
Having this Hispanic guy stand that close to the podiums on stage to grill the candidates is an in-your-face, intimidating tactic.
Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Problem solved.
I sure wish they would give Cain time on immigration - he and Bachmann score highest on immigration issues of all candidates.
I believe that is called a political donation, not a kickback.
Current speaking turns: Perry: 11 Romney: 7 Santorum: 5 Cain: 4 Huntsman: 4 Bachmann: 5 Paul: 6 Gingrich: 5
Fence will NOT WORK in Texas. We already have fences where they do. What you gonna do, fence us off from the Rio Grande? Non-Texans do not understand Texas border. Arizona needs a fence. CA needs a fence. Fence no workie in TX.
Why is this guy allowed to grill the candidates? Ok, let Rush Limbaugh have his turn at Obama.
Bachmann says if we don’t build a border on every inch, we will cede our territory to others. But if we DO build the fence along the Rio Grande, we will cede the entire Rio Grande to another country.
And we can’t build it in the middle of the river.
He’ll have a picture taken of him looking out the window of Air Force 1 at the ‘devastation’, while flying out to California for some fundraisers.
That is absolutely brilliant.
Okay, so Bachmann is open to amnesty too.
Wow MB is still in the debate room?
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