South Carolina Debate, as GOP Rivals Fight For Edge in State Primary:Republican candidates in the election campaign back a bit Tuesday bruised but unbowed after raucous debate that left Mitt Romney fielding attacks from the very beginning and go all the five candidates to earn the wild reception from the audience fired activity, which will vote along with other South Carolinians on Saturday.
Romney was on the defense of the box on the Fox News / Wall Street Journal / South Carolina GOP debate - to answer questions about his record on private enterprise firm, Bain Capital, distancing itself from the Super PAC ads against other candidates, defending his record as governor of the state Massachusetts, as well as avoidance requires him to release his tax records.
But Romney stood his ground against the onslaught, saying that he is proud of its record in business and as governor.
"We are lucky to have the redundancy rate by the time I retired at 4.7 percent. Sounds attractive good today," said Romney, his one term, foremost Massachusetts. "And I am also arrogant that we have impartial the financial plan each year I was in the office. We have reduced taxes 19 times, put in place a rainy day fund of over $ 2 billion times, when I left."
though, with his rivals do not have sufficient time to do if they are feasible and "traditional" unconventional to the preferred attacks were fast and furious.
Rick Perry is accused Bain rapid in Georgetown, South Carolina, and closing the steel mill.
"They chose this company over, and many people lost their jobs there," Perry said.
Romney said that Bain actually invested in two steel plants and invest in seven or eight years, but the mill closed because of actions beyond the control of Bane.
"Ultimately what happened from abroad, dumping of steel in this country, have led to some 40 different steel mills were closed," said Romney. "I understand what happens when China is cheating, or when others are deceiving and dumping products in the country. This is one reason why I run, is make sure that we crack down on fraud."
Texas governor also called on Romney to release his income declaration, stating that the American public has a right to know how he made his money. Perry added: "We can not fire our nominee in September."
Romney at first ignored the statement, but later he said he has "nothing in my tax records, that there is any problem, and if I become a candidate, I'm happy to show them."
Put on the heels of a sudden confrontation without changing the law in Massachusetts to deny felons the right to vote, Romney said that 85 percent Democratic legislature, and was thinking about the problem, but decided not to pursue it.
The odd subject came after Rick Santorum complained that political action committee supporting Romney is in television commercials in South Carolina attacking Santorum on several issues including his support of voting rights for felons.
"It's inaccurate," said Santorum ad attacking him, seeking the last word. "I would like to come out and say," Come on, that you represent me, and you represent my campaign. Stop it. "
Responding to call Newt Gingrich a similar refutation of false advertisements, Romney said that the announcement of his work at Bain was wrong.
"This is probably the biggest hoax of the Yeti," Romney said, adding that the McCain-Feingold and other laws, campaign finance management. "Would not it be nice if we could give what we like the campaign? ... Candidates should have the responsibility and right to control the ads that run in their names."
But not every question was for Romney, and the candidates on fire crowd with many of their answers.
Santorum defended himself against criticism of Ron Paul about his activities as a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania to increase the deficit in the state, supporting the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of banking laws and voting against the right to work legislation on employment.
"Look, Congressman Paul was a citation of sources, such as CREW, which George Soros or leftist-backed organization, said that I was damaged. And, indeed, throughout his announcement, he cites many leftist organizations. Well, of course, the left organizations they say bad things about me, I would expect that they -.. And that what I wear as a badge of honor, not something I am ashamed, "Santorum said.
Gingrich earned applause several arguments, including his call to tie all the unemployment, which currently lasts for 99 weeks to the requirements for training.
"Right now, in fact, 99 weeks a college degree," said Gingrich. "It tells you everything you need to know about the difference between Barack Obama and the five of us, that we actually think work well."
He has also won strong support from the audience when he was asked whether it was belittling to minorities, to suggest that the poor little children to be paid for "light janitorial work" at school. Gingrich replied: "No, I do not see."
"They would get money, which is good if you're poor. Only the elite despises to make money," he said.
And Paul has won the support of his argument that the top tax rate should be zero, but he was booed for it to suggest that the U.S. military was too much abroad and should be brought home. Texas congressman, who found and their strong support and his biggest criticism is focused on his foreign policy positions, he added that U.S. policy has created more chaos and de facto policy of assassination is the only make things worse.
"If another country is not for us, what we do to others, we are not going to really like so I would say that perhaps we should consider the golden rule to -. In foreign policy," he said. "Do not do other people that we do not want them to do unto us, that we -.? We are endlessly bomb these countries, and then we wonder why they are upset with us"
Romney did not agree.
"Of course, you take out our enemies, wherever they were," he said. "These people have declared war on us. They killed Americans. We are nowhere, they are, and we kill them. And you need to Osama bin Laden shot in the head, that he had received. This is the right thing for people who kill American citizens."
Paul also claims that the war on drugs is a cause of the problems of border guards. Perry promised that "one year, then I take my hand from the Bible," the U.S. border would be assured.
"The idea that Americans do not want us to ensure that the border is a false one," Perry said.
The debate comes as Romney maintains his lead in the polls leading up to the South Carolina primary. Already won New Hampshire by 16 percentage points in Iowa and eight votes - even though Santorum camp suggests that when the votes are certified on Tuesday afternoon, Romney may be surprised at the result - the leader is trying to maintain his position and make a hat-trick from South Carolina, which chose the GOP nominee every election year since 1980.
Monday night's debate, organized by Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the South Carolina Republican Party, delved into some meaty topics, including the U.S. role in the world, how to extend the life of Medicare and Social Security eligibility and fiscal policy to balance the budget.
Big applause lines also come from the impact of the Obama administration policy, said that candidates prevented from entering the United States out of recession and give Americans a better future.
"I know that the Democrats will be shown a video, you know, older people give up on the rocks, and so on. But do not forget who it was that the reduction in Medicare by $ 500 billion, and it was President Obama to pay for Obamacare", Romney said, explaining that he would retain the right for people over 55, but it would change the rules to add a means-tested social security and retirement date delay.
Citing a study by the Brookings Institution, and individual program called Best Friends, which is controlled by the wife of former Education Minister Bill Bennett, Santorum said that the Obama administration has introduced regulations to prohibit the promotion of marriage and abstinence for young girls, despite statistics showing that marriage helped to prevent poverty.
"They should be neutral with respect to how people behave. The problem is neutrality ends in poverty, the neutrality of choice ends that hurt people's lives. The current administration intentionally telling organizations that exist to help young women make the right choice not to tell them what a good choice. It is absolutely unconscionable, "he said.
