(Live Thread) Republican Presidential Debate #6 - Sep. 22, 2011 - Orlando, FL. (9pm ET FOXNEWS)

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[newzjunkey]

Broadcast on: FOXNEWS

Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm PDT

The NINE(!) Candidates:

Michele Bachmann

Bachmann is serving her 3rd full term in the U.S. House. Founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, 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.

Gary Johnson

Johnson served as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2002. He founded what would become one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. He has competed in several triathlons and climbed Mount Everest.

[xzins]

Perry couldn’t get the words out of his mouth tonight.

It should have been easy to nail flip-flopping Romney on his flips on abortion, guns, gay marriage, taxes, and obomney care.

But, he just couldn’t get the words out of his mouth.

Perry did not help himself tonight. Gingrich did. Cain did. Johnson did.

[CSI007]

I will cry but when push comes to shove, I would crawl over broken glass to get rid of Obama.

The establishment GOP thanks you for your vote.

[comebacknewt]

It seems more people are willing to accept Romney and see him as credible and viable. My worst nightmare come true.

I've seen us heading down that path for a few weeks now.

A Romney candidacy likely destroys the party. Maybe forever.

I am very down about our prospects at this point.

[TonyInOhio]

It seems more people are willing to accept Romney and see him as credible and viable. My worst nightmare come true.

My worst nightmare is in the White House. If Mitt wins the nomination, I'll support him wholeheartedly; I'll do the same for whoever wins the nomination.

[GlockThe Vote]

why? Obama will steamroll perry. perry is a less intelligent, less likable, less restrained version of GWB.

No Thanks.

[caww]

Here come Obama's term two because FReepers can't find their perfect candidate.

Oh baloney....it's still early and there's time to decide and still come together when it matters that they do.

[carjic]

He just said I had no heart...

[mylife]

He isn’t aiming at the base.

I still thing he is shaping the debate

[Jane Long]

The poster's (who asked the question) son was not a Texas resident, but had a good point. Why should a tax paying U.S. citizen, who wanted to attend TU, not get in state tuition rate while someone who's not even a U.S. citizen does?

I don't buy the "but their parent's brought them here, they didn't have a choice (in being here)" line.

Their parent's broke the law and get a great "rewards" program in return.

[M. Thatcher]

Perry stinks. No thanks.

Agree. he's officially off my list of possibilities after his "no heart" comment. He collapsed tonight, IMO.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Huntsman is better than Perry.

Well there you go! Liberaltarins are 2% of the electorate, welcome to irrelevant...

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

Well I certain disagree on that. But I’d feel a lot better if Perry didn’t answer every question like he was having a brain aneurism.

Hank

[mylife]

Cain was excellent

[flaglady47]

“Perry is going to fade and when Palin jumps in, she will suck the life out of everyone but Romney; and Romney will have no chance against Palin.”

Palin isn’t going to run. Live with it.

[kabar]

I stand corrected on the affidavit. HB 1403 does require "provides to the institution an affidavit stating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident at the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so."

This is meaningless. "eligible to do so" is so ambiguous to be unenforceable.

[MestaMachine]

Here is what I learned tonight.
Michele is gone.
Perry will keep his promise to serve his full four years as Texas governor.
Cain is a lovely man with a plan that adds up to 27.
Newt should be knighted.
Santorum is half good and half still in the good old boy senate.
Huntsman is a prick.
Johnson has good comedic timing.
Paul is pro-life except wwhen he isn’t.
Romney has a very uncomfortable looking phony smile. He should change it immediately.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Perry is bad news. Fully agreed. Very much agreed. The photo with him at La Raza, pandering there and being in support of tax payer funded education for anchor babies of illegal aliens,, (this is a rerun of the so-called "compassionate conservatism" which is essentially "liberalism"), is the real deal killer re: Perry for me.

[AGreatPer]

This all come down to which one can beat OJerko? I’m still not sure.

[Freedom56v2]

isn’t there something peculiar about a federal MANDATE to the states and localities that they must educate (medicate/house/feed) children of illegal aliens, K-12, but then that same body, the Congress, makes it illegal to offer those same students in-state tuition if that’s the state’s choice ??

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Goood point! However, I am not sure the answer is federal mandating of college education either...

Whole system is a mess. Glad so many of the candidates wanted to abolish the US Dept. of Ed!!!

[KansasGirl]

If he moves to TX for one year and establishes residency he does get in-state tuition. Illegals have to be residents for 3 years and graduate from a TX high school. Your nephew’s residency requirement is much easier to meet than that of the illegal TX residents.