The Blog  Transcript of Tonight's CNN Republican Debate in
Arizona  10:42 PM, Feb 22, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER Widget
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Here's a transcript of tonight's Republican presidential primary
debate in Arizona, courtesy of CNN:   Our thanks to the Arizona
State University Symphonic Chorale. That was fabulous.
Gentlemen, I want to ask you to take your seats. I'll take a
moment now to explain to you how our debate will work.  I'll
question the candidates, as well as we'll also take some
questions from members of our audience. I'll follow up and guide
tonight's discussion.  Candidates, we're going to try to make
sure each of you get your fair amount of questions. And you'll
have a minute to answer and 30 seconds for rebuttal and follow-
ups. And if you're singled out for a particular criticism, I'll
make sure you get a chance to respond.  Now we're going to have
each of the candidates introduce themselves. And so we have more
time to debate tonight, we're going to