This whole crew is so irrelevant it's almost laughable, if it weren't a national political contest. ~ pinto
Cain defends himself, Perry stumbles at GOP debateBy Mark Z. Barabak and Maeve Reston
November 9, 2011, 7:08 p.m.
Reporting from Rochester, Mich.— Herman Cain delivered a spirited — and largely unchallenged — defense Wednesday night against sexual harassment accusations in a placid Republican presidential debate that saw the candidates repeatedly ducking the chance to engage one another.
Given a chance to weigh in on the controversy surrounding Cain, who has issued a series of contradictory statements about his allegedly boorish behavior, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney demurred.
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The debate on the campus of Oakland University in the Detroit suburbs was co-sponsored by CNBC and the Michigan Republican Party. It was intended to focus on the economy, far and away the top concern of voters, and, with rare exception, it did.
Unemployment in Michigan is 11.1%, higher than the national average but down from a peak of 14.1% in the fall of 2009. Economists credit the federal bailout of GM and Chrysler with saving tens of thousands of jobs in the state, and Romney, a Michigan native, and others were forced to explain their opposition to the bailout. All eight candidates onstage opposed it, a fact Democrats pointed out in advertisements placed ahead of Wednesday night’s debate.
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