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.
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Pawlenty, Paul and Newt... all have great aspects and awful ones. And that makes 3 I’d NEVER vote for. I wouldn’t trust them to referee worm wrestling.
When your enemies/competitors are destroying themselves, let them!
OMG, yes, yes. Cain has a background as a preacher. He knows how to bring down the wrath upon Obama, and put the fear in him. It would be thrilling to watch.
I want him to shine and get the support he deserves.
Newt needs to be somewhere up there, too. If only he can shed the baggage of the 90's because he sure has the ideas and finese to deal with the pathetic, cry baby politicians we have now in Congress.
Newt has ROCKED TONIGHT.
He’s on FIRE!
Chris Wallace is getting beat like a rented mule tonight.
/schadenfreude on
LLS
Romney: Each state has to decide what’s best for them (he defended Romney Care).
Gingrich is a great debater, but he is untrustworthy and weak in the arena. One 1995 was all we can stand.
I can't believe it, but I'm giving him a second look.
CAIN AS press secretary would be great! There are so many things that he would be good at. I just don’t think he can win right now.
Fox News Candidate is Mitt Romney.
If I could choose the nominee it would be Cain, Paul, or Santorum.
He has absolutely nothing to lose and he knows it. Go Newt!
Pawlenty sounds like an old boyfriend you dumped
I don't think Bachmann has hurt herself here. It's clear that Chris has been baiting her and hasn't done so with the others.
I don’t even count Mitt. feh
I love the guy!
I would LOVE to see Newt debate Oblahma.
Gingrich is great in debates because he doesn’t fear or respect the stupid moderators!
(and he knows government)
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