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 think all the candidates, even the ones I don’t like, are doing well.
Waiting for this circus to end!
Great answer by Michele...hispanic-americans want tax payer subsidized entitlements to stop going to illegal aliens!! Woo Hoo. And takes us back to 1950’s guest worker policies!!
They’re all better than the won. . .but please - Run Sarah, Run!
Love Cain. He just says to heck with waiting to be called on, I’m jumpin’ in! Way to go!
LOL..Palin who?
She’s not running Jim.
Totally agree...
SS will not be there even for my generation (boomer) and if people don’t get that it’s a Ponzi scheme to send money to the govt in hopes that 20-30 years later it will be meted out back to you so you won’t starve...
then those people are a lost cause.
I heard Romney say build the fence, enforce the border and all immigration laws, and no amnesties for lawbreakers.
I think he said all that. That’ll win him some support.
Current speaking turns: Perry: 11 Romney: 7 Santorum: 5 Cain: 5 Huntsman: 4 Bachmann: 6 Paul: 6 Gingrich: 5
Cain is Kicking ***
“Secure the border” is the same ole canard politicians have been kicking around for years.
The fence. That was supposed to be FINISHED under Bush. It wasn’t. Napolitano shut off the ‘virtual fence’ and Texas turned off the web cams that showed many illegals coming across.
You're going to vote for her, and you're gonna' like it.
Santorum, Bachman, Huntsman and Paul should be gone, IMO.
Morris isn’t a Perry supporter, so no surprise.
This was Perry’s night to get scrutinized and skewered. He’ll survive and nobody will remember any of this in 3 days, certainly not the next debate or by Nov 2012.
Romney was handed a gift, the other pubs ganged up on Perry over the Gardisil and Romney took the opportunity handed to him to sound compassionate and forgiving. The other pubs ought to take a lesson.
You are wrong, those were on the list but the parent just needed to say no, and they could enter school without it. Kind of like saying the child had to have the right pants to enter school but the parent only had to say no, we have a different color and they could still enter.
Well, what Perry “will” do is what he “has done” in Texas. Create jobs.
It’s sort of like the Hunger Games of politics.
On immigration ... deport these moderators and replace them with individuals who know how to have a fair and balanced debate
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