While the debate has lasted for more than an hour, Michele Bachmann finally scored some points. She came out against expanded charter flights to Cuba, noting that the Castro regime is listed by the U.S. State Department as a state sponsor of terror. Gary Johnson said he was behind expanded flights to Cuba.
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One of the dark horse candidates finally broke into the Rick Perry-Mitt Romney duel. No surprise -- its Rick Santorum, who has been the most aggressive underdog candidate in previous debates.
Santorum agreed that Perry was soft on immigration. A visibly annoyed Perry fired back, wondering if Santorum had ever been to the border. Santorum responded that he had. Perry continued firing away at Santorum on the issue and defending his record on securing the border.
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Before Rick Perry and Mitt Romney tangled on immigration, two Republican presidential candidates -- U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia -- tackled it first.
Bachmann did not directly attack either Perry or Romney on the issue, while Gingrich continued his debate strategy of praising his rivals -- in this case, Bachmann.
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As the Republican presidential hopefuls continue to debate in Orlando, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney continue to clash -- this time on education. The first half of the debate is starting to wind down and the debate is being dominated by Romney and Perry. Michele Bachmann has gotten little in the way of face time. Rick Santorum, who has been aggressive in previous debates, has thrown no jabs so far.
It seems the underdogs are content lagging behind so far. With Perry and Romney ahead of the rest of the field in the polls, one of the dark horses has to go on the attack.
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Businessman Herman Cain just blew an opportunity when he called for the elimination of the federal EPA. Cain took aim at EPA regulations, but did not mention that agencys battle with Florida over water standards. Its a big issue with Sunshine State Republicans and Cain didn't even touch it.
With the candidates taking part in a straw poll on Saturday, Cain just blew a chance to reach out to Florida Republicans.
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The debate between the Republican presidential candidates in Orlando is a quarter over, and the fireworks have begun. Rick Perry and Mitt Romney fired away at each other over books they have written. Romney jabbed Perry on Social Security while the Texas governor fired back on the Massachusetts health-care law -- which he continued to dub Romneycare.
Perry and Romney lead the national polls -- and are leaving the other seven candidates on the stage in the dust. None of the dark horses have been able to change the narrative so far in the debate.
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Asked how small businesses can hire new employees, Texas Gov. Rick Perry started the Republican presidential debate in Orlando on Thursday night with a word of praise for Florida Gov. Rick Scott as a competitor to lure jobs. Scott is climbing back from low polling earlier in the year -- hes rounding up Republicans after a very bloody primary with then-Attorney General Bill McCollum in 2010.
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Former Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico took his opening bow at the Republican presidential debate in Orlando on Thursday night -- and offered a solid introduction to himself. Asked why libertarians should back him over U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, Johnson offered an overview of his record in New Mexico and backed away from attacking the maverick congressman. Johnson made his point and did not attack Paul, who remains very popular with libertarians across the country.
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Its a good day for boxing references. On Sept. 22, 1927, Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey to keep the heavyweight title in the famous long count match. On Sept. 22, 1932, Ingemar Johansson -- the Swedish boxer who upset Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight championship in 1959 -- was born.
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Ask almost any university or college president what their biggest concern is going into next legislative session and the short, but probably surprising, answer is PECO.
The acronym stands for Public Education Capital Outlay. It is the major funding source for new classrooms at public schools, from elementary, middle and high schools all the way to top-tier research universities.
