CNN and the Arizona Republican Party co-host GOP debate, Feb. 22, 2012
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from Arizona 2012 GOP debate hosted by CNN's John King (number of quotes indicated):
- Mitt Romney (6)
- Newt Gingrich (4)
- Rick Santorum (5)
- Ron Paul (3)
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CNN debate in Mesa, Arizona, Feb. 22, 2012
CNN's John King, moderator
On the eve of the Arizona primary (and the last debate before Super Tuesday on March 6, 2012)
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Abortion
Mitt Romney: Church employee birth control violates religious conscience.
Mitt Romney: MA churches can choose to not provide morning-after pills.
Newt Gingrich: Opposing contraception isn't extreme; legal infanticide is.
Ron Paul: Morning-after pill same as birth control pill; not immoral.
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Budget & Economy
Rick Santorum: I opposed the Wall Street bailouts and the auto bailout.
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Corporations
Mitt Romney: We should have forced automakers into managed bankruptcies.
Ron Paul: Auto bailout was bad because all bailouts are bad.
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Families & Children
Rick Santorum: Contraception for teens helps fix fracturing families.
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Government Reform
Mitt Romney: Earmark system is broken; ban them with line-item veto.
Rick Santorum: Line-item veto needed; spending transparency until then.
Rick Santorum: Endorsed Arlen Specter to assure conservative Supreme Court.
Ron Paul: If Congress doesn't earmark, the Executive Branch decides.
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Health Care
Newt Gingrich: Government healthcare looks into abyss & moves to tyranny.
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Homeland Security
Rick Santorum: There are good earmarks, like Osprey military program.
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Immigration
Newt Gingrich: By 2014, finish job of constructing a double border fence.
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Jobs
Mitt Romney: Mistake to give automakers to unions as part of auto bailout.
Newt Gingrich: Auto bailout was unprecedented capitulation to unions.
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Principles & Values
Mitt Romney: My job was to ask Congress for earmarks for Olympics.
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The above quotations are from CNN and the Arizona Republican Party co-host GOP debate, Feb. 22, 2012.
- CNN Arizona debate (Feb. 22, 2012)
- CNN Florida debate (Jan. 26, 2012)
- CNN South Carolina debate (Jan. 19, 2012)
- Fox News South Carolina debate (Jan. 16, 2012)
- Meet the Press New Hampshire debate (Jan. 8, 2012)
- WMUR-New Hampshire debate (Jan. 7, 2012)
- Yahoo's "Your Voice Your Vote" debate (Dec. 10, 2011)
- CNN National Security debate (Nov. 22, 2011)
- S.C. foreign policy Debate (Nov. 12, 2011)
- Your-Money-Your-Vote Debate (Nov. 9, 2011)
- Cain vs. Gingirch head-to-head (Nov. 5, 2011)
- Las Vegas debate (Oct. 18, 2011)
- Dartmouth N.H. debate (Oct. 11, 2011)
- Orlando Google debate (Sept. 22, 2011)
- Tea Party debate (Sept. 12, 2011)
- American Jobs Act debate (Sept. 8, 2011)
- Reagan Library debate (Sept. 7, 2011)
- Iowa Straw Poll debate (Aug. 11, 2011)
- Twitter debate (July 21, 2011)
- St. Anselm NH debate (June 13, 2011)
- Faith & Freedom Conference (June 4, 2011)
- South Carolina debate (May 5, 2011)
- NRA Conference (May 1, 2011)
- CPAC Conference (Feb. 10, 2011)
- "The Hannity Primary" (Interviews 2011-2012)
- Interview with Green Party's Jill Stein (Dec. 21, 2011)
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