The Official Fox News/Google Debate Discussion Thread

[Tender Branson]

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When: Thursday, September 22, 2011 @ 9 p.m. ET

Where: Orlando, Florida

Host: Bret Baier of Fox News' 'Special Report'

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The Candidates


Michele Bachmann

Bachmann is a three-term congresswoman and founder of the House Tea Party Caucus. She is a former attorney known for fiery attacks on President Obama and her formidable fundraising

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 nearly four years as Speaker of the House after leading the 1994 Republican Revolution. He was first elected to Congress in 1978 and served through 1998. He has authored more than a dozen books

Jon Huntsman

Huntsman is a former U.S. ambassador to China and a former two-term governor of Utah. His father is billionaire businessman and philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr.

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

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

Mitt Romney

Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts. He was the head of a private equity firm and is credited with rescuing the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008

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

Rick Perry

James Richard 'Rick' Perry is the 47th and current Governor of Texas

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[Tender Branson]

Can someone please give me a short summary of what happened in the debate ?

Anything important or amusing ?

I didn't watch it, because I was away until after midnight and needed some sleep.

[Tender Branson]

Perry bombed, BIGTIME!

At one point, he tried to go after Romney for flip flopping and sounded like a stoner trying to do calculus. Just stumbling all over his tongue.

Cain and Newt will move higher in the polls this next week. Both had strong performances. Expected for Newt, but most would say it was his best yet(he seems to out do himself each time). A strong performance for Cain is less expected and he had a very, very good night with definitely the most memorable moment of the debate(his battle with cancer and how he would be dead if it occurred under ObamaCare--standing Ovation).

Romney kept up with his usual polished presidential routine. I don't think his performance was really any better than his previous ones. But I think Perry was so bad, he ended up making Romney look like he had his best in comparison. Luntz group voted Romney as the winner by about 80% when only 1/5 came in as Romney supporters.

Luntz group had about 1/6 switch candidates. Evenly spread from Perry to Romney, Perry to Gingrich and Perry to Cain.

Thx.

What about Paul, Santorum, Bachmann, Huntsman, Johnson ?

[Tender Branson]

Wasn't there a straw poll too after the debate ?