Posted on 08/11/2011 4:15:45 PM PDT by newzjunkey
Broadcast on: FOXNews
Broadcast time: 9pm EDT/6pm 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 the 58th 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.
Ron Paul
Paul is serving his 11th full term in the U.S. House. He’s an obstetrician-gynecologist and was the Libertarian nominee for president in 1988. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008
Tim Pawlenty
Pawlenty served two terms as governor of Minnesota, from 2002 to 2010. He served in the Minnesota House from 1992 until 2002. He is the son of a truck driver.
Mitt Romney
Romney was the 70th 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.
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman was Utah Governor, former ambassador to China under Barack Obama.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TIME TO BOYCOTT WALLACE AND FOX.
Wallace claims under Romney made Massachusetts 47th
of the 50 states when it was the opposite.
"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]
Commercial break. Press is loving the Bachmann vs Pawlenty moment.
Well, not EVERYONE...
Bachmann 2 Pawlenty -2
There is a major opening here for a candidate to go after Romney. Any one of them does it, they’re going to get some big headlines.
Immigration coming up
I hope someone goes after romney on his AMNESTY and illegal aliens
Fox wanted to fire-up some one on one to get the candidates off their feet. Bachmann won that one.
It’s the same thing he did last time. He’s looking for the ‘gotcha’ moment thinking doing so makes him look like a good journalist. It only makes him look like the ass that he is.
Pawlenty is in fierce competition with Lindsey Grahamnesty to be McCains butt buddy! Pawlenty is a PUTZ!
I’m following the TownHall/HotAir live blog and they seem to be pro T-Paw and anti-Bachmann.
Gov Perry will take care of that :)
He would be a good chief of staff.
I suspect that's Chris Wallace's intent.
Still waiting for someone to take on Romney...are they scared of him?
Ewwww... just for that Pawlenty -3
Oh yeah!
but even more so...HE WILL KICK THE BAMSTER!
Ok, really liking Bachmann. Substance, style, Presidential, ......she’s got it.
Exactly!!! Agreed......
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