Well, 2012 is an election year, and since the economy is struggling right now, and since Republicans are wont to blame President Obama for all the country's economic difficulties, August of 2011 is not too soon for those Republicans campaigning for President to convene in their second debate of the year. The participants were Mitt Romney, Michele Bachman, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich.
Ah, there's nothing like a good old fashioned debate for some good old fashioned, American political mudslinging. And, as both the Obama campaign (who will no doubt be running in the primaries unopposed), as well as the Romney campaign has stated, "it's gonna get ugly". Of course, the echoing statements were in regards to the campaign against their respective opposing party, but the Republicans tonight didn't seem to get that, and took advantage of the opportunity to sling some mud against each other. Of course, just about every participant had something negative to say about Obama, but Bachmann and Pawlenty, both from Minnesota, seemed to hold a grudge that the other was running.
Oddly enough, what made this debate most memorable were the Republicans that weren't there--particularly Sarah Palin, former Governor and V.P. candidate in 2008, who has been scoping Iowa for the past couple of days, and, even more significantly, Rick Perry, whose spokesman announced just today that he plans to announce his candidacy on Saturday. Tea Partiers like Palin, but Republicans really like Perry, who apparently has done some good things as governor of Texas.
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