Posted on 09/12/2011 7:14:30 AM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: CNN
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.
From the Perry-jungle (all the Perry plants) there’s a awful lot of disgusting fear-mongering about warts (aka HPV) going on. Thanks for the sanity and perspective.
It's not a matter of simply accepting corporate contributions. It's a matter of what's done in return for those contributions and the non-arms length relationship between many politicians and corporations.
Then again, her calling her friend Rick Perry a crook tonight was a shock too.
I guess we'll soon see.
reality. get with it....UNTIL you secure the border and reform immigration from the backlog and create visas...any other options are ludicrous.
Michelle Bachmann in the HOUSE? ABSOLUTELY...Michelle Bachmann in the WHite House? NO WAY in HELL!
I am sick of her pettiness.
Good luck with presenting reality.
Bachmann isn’t going to be anybody’s VP.
Rubio will be vp with either Perry or Romney.
Bachmann tore into Perry because it is in her strategic advantage to cut into Perry’s vote. She needs to reclaim some of her support that went to Perry. If she builds up Romney, she hurts Perry.
Obviously, Texans told Rick Perry to take his Gardasil statist mandate and stick it where the sun don't shine. Yet that doesn't stop many here from defending it. Go figure.
And Perry spoke at blatantly racist La Raza (lots of applause too) ...Biilderbergs (One World Order) ...wanted a huge imminent domain land grab with the TTC...so off MY list...how do you feel knowing my vote will cancel yours?
As with SS, Perry has a way of shaping “the next debate”
AGREED!
You should have seen Michelle on the CNN after interview...
“You can’t afford to maek a mistake!!!If you are President you can’t make a mistake, not one!”
she is scairy.and not presidential material.
Call me a RINO, but it is simply not a Christian thing to do to punish a kid for the sins of his parents.
I think she confronted the issues head on with conviction and clarity.
Bachman is a conservative...but she is also a seof absorbed, self serving opportunist...hence, there is no way in hell the wehcn gets my vote
If Perry's motive was to solve a problem -- whether he did it the right way or not -- and Palin is saying otherwise, she doesn't deserve the job.
Right now, I'm thinking that Sarah doesn't deserve the job.
That is self absorbed wench, for those of you in Rio Linda
Well I agree sort of. I would not mind her as President. She would probably do a pretty good job. I mean she is tough at least. After this debate, I HOPE and PRAY that Sarah gets in. She is really our only hope. Perry was toss and turned by the Republicans. How is he going to react when the heat really starts with Obama. I was floored when he said giving illegals tax funded reduced tuition to aliens is “The American Way”. Yieks. sorry but that is unsat. Plus I don’t like him blaming Obama over immigration. Jan of Arizona doesn’t complain, she does. Perry reminds me of Obama in that he blames others (President). is he going to blame Obama for everything during his presidency? Obama does that with Bush right now and it is really annoying.
Yes, in December 2009, almost two years ago about five months after she left office. And then she worked and worked hard for Republican candidates across the spectrum in 2010, most of whom were elected.
No, I don't think she's considering a third-party run. If she doesn't run as a Republican, she will be out there speaking her mind and setting the Republican/Tea Party agenda. I think that is her dilemma now - to run and be constrained by federal election laws, or to be a spokesperson on her terms for individual choice, free market principles and defender of the constitution.
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