and now ing that as an execution. she speaks of leading efforts in washington and pin minute. leading and failing is not the objective. leading and getting results is the objective. i ve got the best record of results as any candidate in this race. this is exactly what i m trying to illustrate. we need to have a president of the united states who stands firm on their conviction. this is what i have demonstrated for everyday that i have been in congress. i ve a consistent record of standing on my convictions. i didn t cut deals with special interests where you put the pro-life issues together with tax increase issues. that s a nonnegotiable. when we come to a nonnegotiable, we must stand. and i stand. [ applause ] governor we ll come back around. very quickly. her answer is illogical if there were two bad things in
the other three are not thinking about running. i had the first government shutdown in 150 years. we did put together a package, i pal withed the budget every time i balanced the budget every time i was governor. ended this year with a surplus. i did agree to the cigarette fee, i regretted that. the courts later held it to be a fee. nonetheless, it was an increase in revenues. we didn t even need it. my record of leadership in minnesota, cutting spendinging from historic highs to historic lows. balancing the budget every time. doing health care reform the right way. stands in contrast to barack obama. he should cancel his cape cod vacation, call the congress back and get to work on this. barack obama is missing in action. he should have the kind of leadership i had when i was governor of the state. next representative bachmann this is a question about that cigarette tax increase. you were in the minnesota state legislature, at the
developed a bit of a medical care delivery system based on corporations. corporations are doing well whether it is obama or under the republicanses. drug companies, insurance, organized medicine do well, management companies do the patient and doctors suffer. every time you have government get in with regulations there s a wedge driven in between the doctor and patient. we have to get the people more control of their care. that s why medical savings accounts could introduce the notion of market delivery of medical care. [ applause ] senator santorum your thoughts? first, i was the first author of medical savings accounts with john kasich in the house. this is an important argument. this is the 10th amendment run amok. michelle bachmann says she would go in and fight health
bret: welcome back. our next round is a lightning round quick before we get too foreign policy and national security. are we missing a candidate on the stage? we are. she will be right back. congresswoman bachmann. there she is. that s okay. there we go. texas governor rick perry, obviously is not here tonight. he s giving a speech on saturday in south carolina. we re told he s getting into this race. but he s not answering questions tonight. he s not taking part in the straw poll on saturday. is he out-smarting you? congressman paul? [ inaudible ] bret: are you worried about his strategy?
that child is an innocent victim. to be victimized twice would be a horrible thing. it is an innocent human life. genetically human from the moment of contraception. we in america should be big enough to try to surround ourselves and help women in those terrible situations who have been traumatized already. to put them through another trauma of an abortion. i think is too much to ask. so i would absolutely stand and say that one violence is enough. thank you senator. [ applause ] governor pawlenty, you often cite an article in national review saying you may be the strongest pro-life candidate in the race. what is your opinion on what senator santorum said and isn t he more pro-life than you are? national review is a respected publication from a conservative and republican perspective. they did an online article