The six remaining Republican candidates debated their worthiness Saturday as the potential candidate to face President Barack Obama in November. The discussion, held at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., featured two former governors, Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Jon Huntsman of Utah, along with current Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Also on the roster were Iowa caucus winner and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Texas Congressman Ron Paul and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
Here's a look at some of the notable quotes from the first half of the debate as posted by user moxnews.com on YouTube.
* "What really counts is his record. I mean, he's a big government, big spending individual because he preached the fact that he wanted a balanced budget amendment but voted to raise the debt to five times, though, he is a big government person." -- Paul took a swipe at Santorum, whom he said was not a true conservative.
* "Those are businesses we started that continued to grow, and we're only a small part of that, by the way. We were investors to help get them going." -- Romney was questioned on whether the claim that his state created 100,000 jobs was accurate.
* "My father served 27 years in the Army, in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. I grew up in a military family, moving around the world." -- Gingrich defended himself in part two of the debate against allegations by Paul that he was a "chicken-hawk".
* "We have to nominate someone that can beat Barrack Obama, that can get the Tea Party behind them, that can go to Washington, D.C., and stop the corrupt spending that has been going on." - Perry explained why he "got in this race", noting that, with the possible exception of Huntsman, the other candidates were "part of the problem" in Washington, D.C., and Wall Street.
* "It's about leading organizations, it's about leading people, it's about creating a vision and I've done that my entire career. I did that as governor. I took my state to the best managed state in America." -- Jon Huntsman responded to a question about how he would be better as Commander-in-Chief than the other candidates, given his suggestion that Iran has already decided to they want a nuclear weapon.
* "Well this isn't a federal issue, it's a state issue, No. 1. ... My feeling is that this is an issue that should be ... I believe the issue of marriage itself is a federal issue, that we can't have different laws with respect to marriage, we have to have one law." -- Santorum was asked his position on same-sex adoption in part three of the debate.
Shawn Humphrey is a former contributor to The Flint Journal and lives near Washington in Gaithersburg, Md.
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