CNN Debate Tonight

[Dedicated Mind]

debate starts at 8pm est repeats again at 11pm est. newt is leading in the polls. leading cain and romney by 15 points in south carolina. po, perry is doa.

Thanks for the correction rose. I am one hour ahead of est during winter.

[Rose]

8:00 pm ET on CNN – Live Stream
Location: DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC
Sponsor: CNN, The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute
Participants: Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Huntsman, Paul, Perry, Romney, Santorum

[Pressing-On]

[QUOTE=Dedicated Mind;1115754]debate starts at 9pm est repeats again at 12pm est. newt is leading in the polls. leading cain and romney by 15 points in south carolina. po, perry is doa.[/QUOTE]

I'm just walking out the door and won't be able to view the debate until later.

Still voting for Gov. Perry in the primary. Till the last Hoorah! I'm not a flip-flopper.

[Pressing-On]

Thought Gov. Perry did really well.

Ari Fleischer is voicing my exact thoughts and feelings on this election cycle!!

Ari Fleischer CNN : "I don't understand this election at all, Republicans always go for the most Conservative guy running, in this case Rick Perry, I mean he has been throwing them red meat, but for whatever strange reason, this election they seem to be drawn to the most un-Republican guys running, like Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, and I don't think that plays to their strength, I think it plays to Obama's strength, and i think the White House is loving it."

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Thought Gov. Perry did really well.

Ari Fleischer is voicing my exact thoughts and feelings on this election cycle!!

Ari Fleischer CNN : "I don't understand this election at all, Republicans always go for the most Conservative guy running, in this case Rick Perry, I mean he has been throwing them red meat, but for whatever strange reason, this election they seem to be drawn to the most un-Republican guys running, like Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, and I don't think that plays to their strength, I think it plays to Obama's strength, and i think the White House is loving it."

saying congress should work part time and have their salary cut in half is not redmeat, it's looney. how does he plan to accomplish that?

bachman called perry naive for thinking pakistan would favor american interests and base our aid on their loyalty. pakistan has our back against the wall. a nuclear nation surrounded by terrorists, we have no choice but to support. perry reminds america of all the texas hubris of gwb. we have had enough of texas to last us a few decades, u can keep him. even if he were to win the nomination, obama would trounce him more than romney or gingrich.

[Jay]

I would say that Pakistan is actually run by the terrorists. I would also support cutting the Congressional pay and benefits package. They have a parachute hand crafted of the finest platinum.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

saying congress should work part time and have their salary cut in half is not redmeat, it's looney. how does he plan to accomplish that?

There are ten states that have full-time and full-pay legislatures, like the US Congress - California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin. You tell me which of these states have an overall good combined economic and fiscal picture? A few bright spots, but overall, no.

bachman called perry naive for thinking pakistan would favor american interests and base our aid on their loyalty. pakistan has our back against the wall. a nuclear nation surrounded by terrorists, we have no choice but to support. perry reminds america of all the texas hubris of gwb. we have had enough of texas to last us a few decades, u can keep him. even if he were to win the nomination, obama would trounce him more than romney or gingrich.

You're GWB comparison is a CNN talking point. Whatever.

I don't have one problem with Perry resetting and zeroing out Pakistan's foreign aid. Let them earn it. We are never going to win in Afghanistan as long as Pakistan serves as a sanctuary city and a training ground for terrorists. If resetting and zeroing out their foreign aid drives them to China, we can strengthen our ties with nuclear India and then China can let that be their problem. I'm not in favor of being held hostage and blackmailed by a nuclear state like Pakistan. We have more powerful nuclear weapons than Pakistan and shouldn't be intimidated by them. Some of the information is certainly classified and is why Perry said (on Fox News Center Seat), at the end game, he didn't know what type of aid we would afford them, but he would start at zero like every other nation.

[Dedicated Mind]

my point about the part time congress and half pay is, how is he supposed to accomplish that? congress would have to pass the law halving their own pay and time. for perry to even suggest it is looney.

i agree pakistan is blackmailing us, but turn it over to china? what does china care if terrorists get nuclear bombs. terrorists are not threatening china but the great satan. we have to be committed to friendly factions. perry trying to be "texas tough" like gwb is naive and goofy.

[Michael The Disciple]

Michelle Bachman was highly impressive. At present here is my list.

1. Perry
2.Bachman
3. Santouram
4.Gingrich
5.Romney
6. Cain
7. Huntsman
8.Paul

[TheChariot]

I don't understand how people found Perry impressive. I didn't look at the FactCheck yet, but I'm sure they tore him apart. Romney's smug faces were highlighted by the camera every time Perry spoke, which showed us what his peers thought of his ideology. He was rebuked by Bachmann, who herself suffers from misogyny or just plain craziness.

the winners of that debate, hands down, were Gingrich and Obama.

Santouram called Africa a country which is the most silly move one can make in a debate. I love how Ron Paul almost laughed, yet Uncle-Tom-Cain nodded his head in agreement.