Live blog from the New Hampshire 2012 presidential debate
June 13th, 2011
11:20 PM ET
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Live blog from the New Hampshire 2012 presidential debate

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- @PeterHambyCNN: aaaand Romney escapes unharmed. Win.





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9:38 p.m. ET - Pawlenty: Coke.






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9:12 p.m. ET - Cain: Deep dish.









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9:01 p.m. ET - Q: Social Security?

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8:53 p.m. ET - Paul: Blackberry


8:50 p.m. ET - Gingrich: American Idol.






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8:38 p.m. ET - Q: TARP?






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- Q to Santorum: Leno or Conan?

















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- @stevebruskCNN: Herman Cain walks in to debate site.


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soundoff (991 Responses)
  1. NameDave from Texas

    Would you repeal NAFTA?

    June 13, 2011 08:41 pm at 8:41 pm |
  2. johnny

    A good question could be: How to keep safe our borders without loosing business from selling guns and ammunition to our neighbor?

  3. Auximinus

    Polls show a majority of Americans want the Affordable Care Act to either remain in place as is or be expanded.

    How can they people claim America wants it repealed and keep a straight face?
    How can they be allowed to stand there on the stage and just flat-out LIE?

    50% want it to be expanded or remain AS IS (of that 50%, 30% want it EXPANDED)
    39% want it repealed

    June 13, 2011 08:42 pm at 8:42 pm |
  4. Frank Stein

    Anyone who voted for TARP or stimulus should be shown the door.

  5. Steve

    Last year we spent 6 billion federal dollars on education yet our education system is failing. Why?

  6. Paul Passarelli

    Suggestion for Constitutional Amendment - "Sufficiency of Government" The Federal Government shall NOT provide any goods or services that may be obtained from the Private Sector.

    Any candidate may reply.

  7. Margie

    I am a democrat and my advice tonight is, stop slamming the president. I want you to tell me what YOUR ideas are not what you think is wrong with Obama.

  8. Denis

    What is your stance on the 680 billion dollar (2010) defense budget? How do you believe this influences our economic recovery if we are spending this amount of money of millitary expenditures? Would you be willing to drastically cut spending on the military, seeing as how we outspend our closest competitor ( china) by double? Also, what is your stance on the non-proliferation of nuclear Weapons? Would you be willing to further drastically reduce our arsenal of such weapons?

  9. Cliff Norman

    e Tenth Amendment explicitly states the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved, respectively, to the states or the people. How do we restore this right????? How do we restore the rights back to the STATES? Please ask RON PAUL? Compare to Mitt Romney.

  10. Harry

    How did QE1 and QE2 affect the economy? And should we have another round of Quantitative Easing?

  11. Jan

    Fixing the morgage (forclosure) crisis is key for getting the entire economy plus jobs back on track. Imagine republicans and our failing schools for another 4 years: that will be the execution of America's future. Let more smart-ass imigrants (more H1B visa's) in this country. They create jobs something that the >50% highschool drop-outs never will do!

  12. john e. campbell

    N a poll before OBAMA CARE took effect a majority of AMERICA was against it. How that it in place now a majority of AMERICA (ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZENS) is for it. Why don't the GOP admit its working? N why don't you guys think UNIVERAL won't work n AMERICA like other countries?

    June 13, 2011 08:43 pm at 8:43 pm |
  13. Wake up People

    Wall Street is in the Democrat's pockets not the Republicans, just look at the donations to Obama. It is very simple, everything that has happened to the economy has been a result of social engineering and the 70 years of Keynesian economics that has driven a stake in the Capitalist system that made this country the greatest in the world. The Community Reinvestment Act, the GSE's, and Glass Steagle all forced the banks to lower the borrowing standards and give loans to people who couldn't pay them back.

  14. Dustin

    Is it right for employers to deny employment for qualified people, simply based on criminal history. What if the conviction was 10, 15, 20 years ago and the person is 100% qualified for the position? What about people with convictions being denied health insurance due to past criminal convictions?

  15. John Rhoads

    Ron Paul is so ardent about his distaste for the Federal Reserve Banks. What do the other canidates think about this system and the thousands of citizens employeed by them?

  16. Rebecca Adcock

    All of the candidates seem to be in favor of deregulation. In light of the financial crisis, and the Gulf tragedy, is deregulation the best answer?

  17. Karen McBride Illinois

    I want Herman Cain to explain why he defends not auditing the Federal Reserve. Is it because he was head of the Kansas City Fed and is he "in" with them?

  18. Dave

    the person who runs on a platform of taxferform and massive budget cuts will have my vote

  19. Justin N

    Congressman Paul has referenced sound money throughout the debate. I would like to know from each candidate, do they support the Federal Reserve System and Fiat Currency?

  20. Stephen Cohen

    The Republican's at this point in time have no one that can beat the President except for General Colin Powell. Not because he is black but because of his outstanding record. If the Republican's really want to win they really need Powell. The current people running as Republian's have no chance of winning. This is a sad reality!

  21. BigJohn

    I like Paul but he is not ready for the Big Show. Only one i can respect on that stage

  22. Sue Smith

    What about helping out Americans that are underwater with their mortgage? How about making the banks refinance our mortgages at a lower interest rate? Most Americans can't do that now because the banks won't loan to borrowers that are "underwater" in their mortgage....and that's why so many Americans are just walking away from their mortgage and the values of our homes, of us neighbors who stay and keep paying, keep falling and there are so many Americans Underwater in their mortgage...

  23. Frank Stein

    Bachman is a neocon. Ron Paul is the only to vote for the Constitution consistently for his entire term

  24. Darryl in TX

    So tax cuts for corporations will repatriate money back to the country. Really? I guess bashing President Obama is a strategy

  25. Nick Janiczek

    So the fact that Chrysler has repaid the federal government 6 years in advance on the loan they had to save the auto industry means nothing?
