These fireworks between Bachmann and Pawlenty shows that Bachmann is very strong debater. Pawlenty really looked weak in my opinion.
I think Bachmann did more than hold her own and she has more balls than John Beohner and Eric cantor combined.
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Perhaps the most heated exchanges of tonight’s Fox News debate happened 20 minutes into the show, and, shockingly enough, it involved some sharp barbs from typically placid Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty. Moderator Chris Wallace, perhaps noting that Iowa was Pawlenty’s to lose to Rep. Michele Bachmann, turned the two against each other, resulting in an exchange where Rep. Bachmann called Pawlenty “a lot like President Obama,” only to have her “record of misstating and making false statements” thrown back at her.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
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