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Republican Party presidential debates, 2012(update)

This is an update to a previous blog December 16, 2011
Republican Party presidential debates, 2012

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The 2012 United States Republican Party presidential debates are a series of political debates being held, prior to the 2012 Republican primaries, among candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in the national election of 2012. The first debate occurred on May 5, 2011 in Greenville, South Carolina, and was hosted by Fox News.

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The following table includes more prominent venues involving several Republican presidential candidates. (Note: Clicking link at enumeration redirects to summary of debate below.)

Debates among candidates for the 2012 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination
*N°.*	Date	Place	Sponsor	Participants^*
P Participant. N Non-invitee.^{^†} A Absent invitee. O Out of race (exploring or withdrawn).				Bachmann	Cain	Gingrich	Huntsman	Johnson	Paul	Pawlenty	Perry	Romney	Santorum
1	May 5, 2011	Greenville, SC	Fox News / South Carolina Republican Party	O	P	O	O	P	P	P	O	A	P
2	June 13, 2011	Manchester, NH	CNN / WMUR-TV / Union Leader	P	P	P	A	N	P	P	O	P	P
3	August 11, 2011	Ames, IA	Fox News / Washington Examiner / Iowa Republican Party	P	P	P	P	N	P	P	O	P	P
4	September 7, 2011	Simi Valley, CA	MSNBC / Politico / Reagan Library	P	P	P	P	N	P	O	P	P	P
5	September 12, 2011	Tampa, FL	CNN / Tea Party Express	P	P	P	P	N	P	O	P	P	P
6	September 22, 2011	Orlando, FL	Fox News / Google / Florida Republican Party	P	P	P	P	P	P	O	P	P	P
7	October 11, 2011	Hanover, NH	Bloomberg / WBIN-TV / Washington Post	P	P	P	P	N	P	O	P	P	P
8	October 18, 2011	Las Vegas, NV	CNN / Western Republican Leadership Conf.	P	P	P	A	N	P	O	P	P	P
9	November 9, 2011	Rochester, MI	CNBC / Michigan Republican Party	P	P	P	P	N	P	O	P	P	P
10	November 12, 2011	Spartanburg, SC	CBS / National Journal / South Carolina Republican Party	P	P	P	P	N	P	O	P	P	P
11	November 22, 2011	Washington, DC	CNN / Heritage Foundation / American Enterprise Institute	P	P	P	P	N	P	O	P	P	P
12	December 10, 2011	Des Moines, IA	ABC News / WOI-DT / Des Moines Register /Iowa Republican Party	P	O	P	N	N	P	O	P	P	P
13	December 15, 2011 Iowa Caucus: Jan. 3	Sioux City, IA	FOX News / Iowa Republican Party	P	O	P	P	N	P	O	P	P	P
14	January 7, 2012	Manchester, NH	ABC News / WMUR-TV	O	O	P	P	O	P	O	P	P	P
15	January 8, 2012 NH Primary: Jan. 10	Concord, NH	NBC News / Facebook	O	O	P	P	O	P	O	P	P	P
_•	January 16, 2012, 9PM ET	Myrtle Beach, SC	Fox News / South Carolina Republican Party	O	O			O		O
_•	January 19, 2012 SC Primary: Jan. 21	Charleston, SC	CNN / Southern Republican Leadership Conf.	O	O			O		O
_•	January 23, 2012	Tampa, FL	MSNBC / NBC News / National Journal / Tampa Bay Times / Florida Council of 100	O	O			O		O
_•	January 26, 2012 FL Primary: Jan. 31	Jacksonville, FL	CNN / Republican Party of Florida	O	O			O		O
_•	NV ME CO MN Caucuses: Feb. 4–11 February 22, 2012^[1]	Mesa, AZ	CNN / Arizona Republican Party	O	O			O		O
_•	AZ MI Primaries: Feb. 28 March 1, 2012	TBD, GA	CNN / Georgia Republican Party	O	O			O		O
_•	WA Caucus: Mar. 3 March 5, 2012	Simi Valley, CA	Reagan Library	O	O			O		O
_•	Super Tuesday: Mar. 6 March 19, 2012	Portland, OR	OPB / Washington Times / Oregon Republican Party	O	O			O		O
_*_{^ Participating in at least one debate listed above: Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota • Businessman and talk radio host Herman Cain of Georgia • Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of Georgia • Former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah • Former Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico • Rep. Ron Paul of Texas • Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota • Gov. Rick Perry of Texas • Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts • Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania}
^†^ Not invited to any debate listed above: Jack Fellure • Buddy Roemer • Fred Karger • Andy Martin • Thaddeus McCotter • Jimmy McMillan • Jonathon Sharkey

December 15, 2011 – Sioux City, Iowa

The thirteenth Republican debate was hosted by Fox News and held in Sioux City, Iowa. It was moderated by Bret Baier. Candidates in attendance were Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
After facing criticism for his offer of a $10,000 bet to Rick Perry in the previous debate, Mitt Romney was considered by one commentator to be back "at his very best".^[52] Once again, Newt Gingrich came in for criticism from all the other candidates, particularly from Michele Bachmann, with special focus given to his opinion of Government-sponsored enterprise and the $1.6 million he received from Freddie Mac.^[53] Gingrich responded that Bachman's relationship to the facts was dubious.^[54]
Ron Paul again clashed with Bachmann and Rick Santorum over foreign policy and Rick Perry expressed a desire to be "the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses".^[55] Bachmann claimed that after the previous debate, PolitiFact.com "came out and said that everything that I said was true",^[56] which prompted the fact-checking website to label her claim as "pants on fire", saying "that’s simply not the case".^[57]