CNN and the Arizona Republican Party co-host GOP debate, Feb. 22, 2012

Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations from Arizona 2012 GOP debate hosted by CNN's John King (number of quotes indicated):
- Mitt Romney (6)
- Newt Gingrich (4)
- Rick Santorum (5)
- Ron Paul (3)
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CNN debate in Mesa, Arizona, Feb. 22, 2012
CNN's John King, moderator
On the eve of the Arizona primary (and the last debate before Super Tuesday on March 6, 2012)
OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Mitt Romney: Church employee birth control violates religious conscience.
Mitt Romney: MA churches can choose to not provide morning-after pills.
Newt Gingrich: Opposing contraception isn't extreme; legal infanticide is.
Ron Paul: Morning-after pill same as birth control pill; not immoral.
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Budget & Economy
Rick Santorum: I opposed the Wall Street bailouts and the auto bailout.
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Corporations
Mitt Romney: We should have forced automakers into managed bankruptcies.
Ron Paul: Auto bailout was bad because all bailouts are bad.
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Families & Children
Rick Santorum: Contraception for teens helps fix fracturing families.
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Government Reform
Mitt Romney: Earmark system is broken; ban them with line-item veto.
Rick Santorum: Line-item veto needed; spending transparency until then.
Rick Santorum: Endorsed Arlen Specter to assure conservative Supreme Court.
Ron Paul: If Congress doesn't earmark, the Executive Branch decides.
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Health Care
Newt Gingrich: Government healthcare looks into abyss & moves to tyranny.
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Homeland Security
Rick Santorum: There are good earmarks, like Osprey military program.
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Immigration
Newt Gingrich: By 2014, finish job of constructing a double border fence.
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Jobs
Mitt Romney: Mistake to give automakers to unions as part of auto bailout.
Newt Gingrich: Auto bailout was unprecedented capitulation to unions.
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Principles & Values
Mitt Romney: My job was to ask Congress for earmarks for Olympics.
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The above quotations are from CNN and the Arizona Republican Party co-host GOP debate, Feb. 22, 2012.
- CNN Arizona debate (Feb. 22, 2012)
- CNN Florida debate (Jan. 26, 2012)
- CNN South Carolina debate (Jan. 19, 2012)
- Fox News South Carolina debate (Jan. 16, 2012)
- Meet the Press New Hampshire debate (Jan. 8, 2012)
- WMUR-New Hampshire debate (Jan. 7, 2012)
- Yahoo's "Your Voice Your Vote" debate (Dec. 10, 2011)
- CNN National Security debate (Nov. 22, 2011)
- S.C. foreign policy Debate (Nov. 12, 2011)
- Your-Money-Your-Vote Debate (Nov. 9, 2011)
- Cain vs. Gingirch head-to-head (Nov. 5, 2011)
- Las Vegas debate (Oct. 18, 2011)
- Dartmouth N.H. debate (Oct. 11, 2011)
- Orlando Google debate (Sept. 22, 2011)
- Tea Party debate (Sept. 12, 2011)
- American Jobs Act debate (Sept. 8, 2011)
- Reagan Library debate (Sept. 7, 2011)
- Iowa Straw Poll debate (Aug. 11, 2011)
- Twitter debate (July 21, 2011)
- St. Anselm NH debate (June 13, 2011)
- Faith & Freedom Conference (June 4, 2011)
- South Carolina debate (May 5, 2011)
- NRA Conference (May 1, 2011)
- CPAC Conference (Feb. 10, 2011)
- "The Hannity Primary" (Interviews 2011-2012)
- Interview with Green Party's Jill Stein (Dec. 21, 2011)
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