The 2012 Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican Presidential Debate

[chaseter]

666!!!

 

[SentinelMind]

Bachmann delivered the joke improperly...she was hoping for laughs and possibility of creating negative metaphor of Cain's plan that "sticks" in people's mind...but she flopped. That's all, I think you guys underestimate her ability to reason if you think she's on some apocalyptic sermon about Cain's plan.

 

[SentinelMind]

Hunstman line about "this won't be about religion" was even worse than Bachmann's....Hunstman did no favors.

Romney was same ol same ol....dodging giving decisive answers, but still looking assertive and knowledgeable in process.

 

[SentinelMind]

Cain was pretty funny, definitely had the most charisma.

 

[Paradoxium]

Cain is a gigantic corporatist shill. Backed TARP, not for Federal Reserve Audit (god damn liar in debate), and the ridiculous statements he made about OWS (the whole too lazy to get a job thing).

 

[SentinelMind]

I've done some reading on it...and Para is right...Cain seems to be a bigger corporate-government collusion guy than even Romney. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

 

[Paradoxium]

It's unfortunate.

I too thought Romney was "the (biggest) corporatist" of the batch at one point. Romney comes across more "snake oil" salesman like, and all wrong people in the media likes him.

Now Cain is top tier... I don't know how I feel about it either.

 

[SentinelMind]

I figured any GOP candidate who is top tier must have some form of corporate support, which isn't necessarily bad in itself. The more I read about Cain, though, I can't see a scenario in his potential Presidency where he would oppose a corporate bailout. He would generally push for more market-friendly policies and against bureacratic regulation, but when the next push for a financial market bailout comes (and its coming), he's not going to oppose it under any circumstances.

Bachmann opposed Tarp, Santorum voiced opposition, we know where Paul stands.

I'm not suggesting those candidates would oppose bailouts tooth and nail (outside Paul), but I can see some instances of them pushing back. I could even see Obama pushing back in some circumstances. But I can't see Cain opposing a corporate bailout given his entire background and network.

Why is my room spinning?

 

[dnno1]

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[dnno1]

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