we are inside the sands convention center in las vegas. seven gop contenders wrapping up their debate moments ago, the tone this time, contention, personal at times, especially between herman cain and other candidates on tax, you might have seen, talking about already. there was also the explosive encounter between a very aggressive rick perry and counter punching rick perry over illegal immigration. our panel has plenty to talk b before bring them back in i want to bring in key moments about the debate, began with an all-out assault on herman cain s 9-99-9 plan. we will talk to him in a moment let s take a look. herman, i love you, brother, but you don t need to have a big analysis to figure this thing out. go to new hampshire where they don t have a sales tax and you re fixing to give them one. they re not interested in 9-9-9. herman, are you saying the state sales tax will go away? you re mixing apples and oranges? you will pay the state sales tax, no matter what w
illegal immigration. our panel has plenty to talk b before bring them back in i want to bring in key moments about the debate, began with an all-out assault on herman cain s 9-99-9 plan. we will talk to him in a moment let s take a look. herman, i love you, brother, but you don t need to have a big analysis to figure this thing out. go to new hampshire where they don t have a sales tax and you re fixing to give them one. they re not interested in 9-9-9. herman, are you saying the state sales tax will go away? you re mixing apples and oranges? you will pay the state sales tax, no matter what whether you throw out the existing code and you put in our plan, you are still going to pay that. that s apples and oranges. and i m going to be getting a bushel basket that has apples and oranges in it because i ve got to pay both taxes and the people in nevada don t want to pay both taxes. governor romney, you don t have credibility when it comes to obama care. each chance i
reid has voted to give social security to illegal aliens. not only did he vote to give it to them after they have become citizens my opponent didn t answer the question. everything she has said in that ad is false. it s not true. i ve never voted for tax breaks for people who are here that are illegal. you know, david, it seems like does it seem in this campaign, not just this campaign, but in this election cycle, that kind of the truth is getting lost? i mean, it happens in every election cycle, there are campaign ads, things get said that aren t true, but does it maybe just we re calling them on it more, but it feels like candidates on both sides of the political aisle are making claims and slinging mud in a way that maybe we haven t seen before. do you think that s true? i think that is true, and particularly because one won t sit down and talk to the press in an open, fair way. and that s different than past years? yes, i think it is.
not only did he vote to give it to them after they have become citizens my opponent didn t answer the question. everything she has said in that ad is false. it s not true. i ve never voted for tax breaks for people who are here that are illegal. you know, david, it seems like does it seem in this campaign, not just this campaign, but in this election cycle, that kind of the truth is getting lost? i mean, it happens in every election cycle, there are campaign ads, things get said that aren t true, but does it maybe just we re calling them on it more, but it feels like candidates on both sides of the political aisle are making claims and slinging mud in a way that maybe we haven t seen before. do you think that s true? i think that is true, and particularly because one won t sit down and talk to the press in an open, fair way. and that s different than past years? yes, i think it is. i ve never seen candidates duck
cycle, that kind of the truth is getting lost? i mean, it happens in every election cycle, there are campaign ads, things get said that aren t true, but does it maybe just we re calling them on it more, but it feels like candidates on both sides of the political aisle are making claims and slinging mud in a way that maybe we haven t seen before. do you think that s true? i think that is true, and particularly because one won t sit down and talk to the press in an open, fair way. and that s different than past years? yes. i ve never seen candidates duck quite so intentionally and to do it in such a sort of whole hearted almost boycotting the press as a way to provide information. and as telling this tonight, the they talk past each other. they want to make their own talking points but they don t engage in real it s not a real debate. again, i thought harry reid had sort of the better grasp, but what s striking about this debate, anderson, what s very different from what we v