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>> im not for taking them out of the region. our generals are being clear we need to continue to stabilize iraq, the iraqi government wants and needs our intelligence in particular. needs force protection. need to have any -- im hearing numbers of 20, 30,000 troops potentially to remain in iraq, not indefinitely. but to continue to make sure this is a stable transition. this is the difference between congressman paul, governor huntsman, governor perry and myself when it comes to issue. i say whe...

Medicaid part d that the federal government should be involved in that very expensive program. i was also vocal against no child left behind. it gets back to the federal government has no business telling the states how to educate our children. [ applause ] >> weve been showing you these word clouds throughout the night. take a look at this one. all of the questions on health care. you can see the big word there, obamacare. chris has the questions on health care. >> chris: well get right to that...

Other 49 tates you have to pay $100,000 more. that doesnt make sense to me. that kind of madness -- [ applause ] >> -- that kind of magnet draws people into this country to get that education to get the $100,000 break. it makes no sense. as speaker beginning riff said and as michelle bachmann said as well, congresswoman bachmann we have to have a fence, enough border patrol agents to secure the fence. we have to have a system, like e-verify that employers can use to identify who is here legally ...

The feds treat texas like they do all the other big states. on its own, on its own, texas has imposed some of the tough he eligibility rules for medicaid of any state in the country in fact, you rank 49th, in medicaid coverage of low income residents. the question is, isnt texas uninsured problem because of decisions made biotech as? >> i disagree with your analysis. weve had a request in for the federal government we could have a medicaid waiver for years. the federal government has stopped us ...

>> im not for taking them out of the region. our generals are being clear we need to continue to stabilize iraq, the iraqi government wants and needs our intelligence in particular. needs force protection. we need to have any -- im hearing numbers of 20, 30,000 troops potentially to remain in iraq, not indefinitely. but to continue to make sure this is a stable transition. this is the difference between congressman paul, governor huntsman, governor perry and myself when it comes to issue. i say ...

Localize, localize. [ applause ] >> governor huntsman thank you. everyone likes the new sound, far more pleasing instead of the bell? i guess they do. >> congresswoman bachmann, a number of stays are trying to crackdown on illegal immigration. we got a bunch of questions on immigration like this one from tim emerson, this is a text question tim emerson of california. would you support each state enforcing the immigration laws since the federal government is not? congresswoman, could you answer t...

Solutions that are permanent in the private sector. that gives certainty. that will grow our economy. megyn senator santorum. 22 states if the u.s. are right to work states in the other 28 if the business is a union job you have to join the union if you want to work there. this next question is one of the top voted questions online via youtube: >> with unemployment numbers above 9% union issues such as the national labor relations board lawsuit against boeing and several union battle as across t...

>> bret: it is a youtube question, governor huntsman? >> im tempted to say when all is said and done the two standing in the middle, romney and perry arent going to be around because they are going to blugeon each other to death. im also reminded four years ago we had two front runners in similar situations one by the name of giuliani and the other thompson. they seemed to disappear all together. i can remember where they went. i would have to say since chris wallace doesnt qualify as somebody o...

Work with. [ laughing ] >> i dont know how you do it. >> bret: governor romney, derrell owens would like an answer. >> there are a couple of images im going to have a hard time getting out of my mind. [ laughing ] >> thats one. gary johnsons dogs are the other. im going to go with newt on in, meaning -- i know im going to pin. if you pick a vice president, if you are lucky enough to become a nominee, picking a vice president would be something you give a lot of thought to. you want someone who w...

That too much. we received thousands and thousands of questions from around the world on different topics. each one of these pins on the map is another question from health care, immigration, foreign policy and social issues. the highest percentage of questions dealt with jobs, the economy, debt and government spending. that was even before todays major market slide. what makes this debate unique is that not only did you submit the questions, you voted on them. letting everyone know which questi...