.
CNN/Tampa Tea Party Express Debate on Sept. 12 at the Florida State Fairgrounds.
CNN
CNN and the Tea Party Express, along with more than 100 local tea party groups from every state across the country, will team up Monday, September 12 to present a first-of-its-kind debate from the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention: Tampa, Florida.
Eight Republican presidential contenders will face questions from moderator and lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer during the two-hour event, which will air live on CNN from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. from the Florida State Fairgrounds.
The debate will focus on a wide-range of topics, including the role, size and scope of government, with a specific emphasis on issue number one to tea party members and all Americans: the economy.
In addition to questions from Blitzer, audience members inside the debate hall, made up in part by members from tea party groups in 31 states and the District of Columbia, will be invited to ask questions directly to the candidates. Questions will also be taken live from tea party members at debate watch parties in Phoenix, Ariz.; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Portsmouth, Virginia. Online, CNN will solicit questions via comments on CNNPolitics.com, the CNN Politics Facebook page, and by using the #CNNTeaParty hashtag on Twitter.
The following Republican candidates will participate in the debate: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
“The Tea Party plays an important role in advancing principles of fiscal responsibility and conservative governance across our nation through its efforts to recruit and elect leaders that will fight to instill these values in the halls of government at all levels throughout our nation,” said Gov. Perry. “I look forward to the opportunity this debate presents to discuss my record of conservative leadership and to share my vision with the great people of this country about how we will get America working again.”
.
Wild Thing’s comment……
Seems kind of funny to have the Tea Partys from all over and CNN together on this.
Brian Williams, now Wolf Blitzer ?
Anyhow, the big news of this week will come Tuesday night when retired businessman and conservative Republican Bob Turner will be sent to Washington from Brooklyn and Queens in a special election to replace that loud arrogant sexual pervert that resigned in disgrace last June.
Democrats out number Republicans 3 to 1 in this New York City congressional district seat no Republican has held since the early 1920’s.
Turner, a pro life roman catholic, proposes a balanced budget amendment, and taking the capital gains tax down to zero.
His opponent, Democrat David Weprin supports the policies of the President and his reelection.
Continued bad news for the Dems and this sinking White House, and perhaps a harbinger of other 2012 congressional elections.
Carlos, we can only hope your prdictions are true. However we can never discount the number of “Uncounted Ballots”, that may be discovered at a critical point in time.
Being the cynic that I am, I wonder how many of those Tea Party questions will be put forth by plants. Who are the screeners for the questions? CNN employees or Tea Party members?
Let’s hope that it will be an improvement over what happened last time.
This debate would be another in in an educational series if Wolf Blitzer did not hold the title for the lowest score ever on Celeberty Jepordy. He can not put and intelligent thought in the form of a question. Newt Gingrich who has been calling out the reporters on their questions should go easy. Holding Blitzer up to standards falls under beating a dumb animal or shooting fish in a barrel. At least one step down from Brian Williams. I may switch on the SciFi channel.
This debate would be another in an educational series…
if Wolf Blitzer did not hold the title for the lowest score ever on Celebrity Jeopardy. He cannot put an intelligent thought in the form of a question. Newt Gingrich who has been calling out the reporters on their poor questions should go easy. Holding Wolf Blitzer to standards falls under ‘beating a dumb animal’ or ‘shooting fish in a barrel.’ He is at least one step down from Brian Williams. I may switch on the Sci-Fi channel and DVR the debate.
Thank you everyone.