New Hampshire GOP candidate forum

Globe reporters will provide updates as 14 of the Republican presidential candidates answer questions.

3rd & 7 37yd

First Q for @ricksantorum on subsidizing gov't programs: Flat tax "for everybody" -- corporate and income tax

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:09:42 PM
First LePage shout-out at #VotersFirst forum from @RickSantorum

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:10:42 PM
First LePage shout-out at #VotersFirst forum from @RickSantorum

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:10:42 PM
.@RickSantorum : "I don't think this admin is serious about border security or protecting men and women." #VotersFirst

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:11:28 PM
.@RickSantorum : "I don't think this admin is serious about border security or protecting men and women." #VotersFirst

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:11:28 PM
.@RickSantorum said he enjoys this WH run more b/c it's no longer all about who's more conservative than @MittRomney #VotersFirst

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:12:42 PM
.@RickSantorum said he enjoys this WH run more b/c it's no longer all about who's more conservative than @MittRomney #VotersFirst

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:12:43 PM
Now up at #VotersFirst : @JohnKasich #FITN

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:13:02 PM
Now up at #VotersFirst : @JohnKasich #FITN

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:13:02 PM
.@RickSantorum begins #VotersFirst where he ended in NH in 2012: with a discussion of American manufacturing, not social issues #fitn

by James Pindell via twitter 8/3/2015 11:13:22 PM
Is NAFTA a net-gain? @JohnKasich : "I'm a free trader, but I'm a fair trader." Supports /faster way to catch "cheaters." #VotersFirst

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:14:29 PM
Is NAFTA a net-gain? @JohnKasich : "I'm a free trader, but I'm a fair trader." Supports /faster way to catch "cheaters." #VotersFirst

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:14:29 PM
I might break a sweat live-tweeting this thing. #VotersFirst

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:14:46 PM
.@JohnKasich : "I spent 10 years of my life balancing the budget. Not b/c of #s , but b/c of values." #VotersFirst

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:15:27 PM
.@JohnKasich : "I spent 10 years of my life balancing the budget. Not b/c of #s , but b/c of values." #VotersFirst

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:15:27 PM
John Kasich: “i’ve only written 16 budgets in my lifetime…”

by Matt Viser via twitter 8/3/2015 11:15:56 PM
.@johnkasich : "I've only written about 16 budgets in my lifetime."

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:16:15 PM
.@johnkasich : "I've only written about 16 budgets in my lifetime."

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:16:15 PM
Now up: @LindseyGrahamSC at #VotersFirst #FITN

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:16:40 PM
Now up: @LindseyGrahamSC at #VotersFirst #FITN

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:16:41 PM
.@GrahamBlog on China trade: "I want a clenched fist and open hand -- you choose." #VotersFirst #FITN

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:17:50 PM
.@GrahamBlog on China trade: "I want a clenched fist and open hand -- you choose." #VotersFirst #FITN

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:17:51 PM
“How could you get John Kerry away from the negotiating table? With a crowbar.” — Lindsey Graham

by Matt Viser via twitter 8/3/2015 11:18:07 PM
I spy with my little @GovernorPataki pull out what looked like a crib sheet as Lindsey Graham addresses crowd. #VotersFirst #FITN

by akjohnson1922 via twitter 8/3/2015 11:18:26 PM
.@GrahamBlog advocates for arming Ukrainians, take "every bit" of natural gas + export to Europe/undercut Putin, rebuild NATO #VotersFirst

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:18:52 PM
.@GrahamBlog advocates for arming Ukrainians, take "every bit" of natural gas + export to Europe/undercut Putin, rebuild NATO #VotersFirst

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:18:55 PM
So far on the 2016 campaign trail the free trade conversation has been mainly on the Democratic side, not GOP #VotersForum #fitn

by James Pindell via twitter 8/3/2015 11:19:00 PM
Spotted in the #VotersFirst audience: Judd Gregg, Kathy Gregg

by Felice Belman via twitter 8/3/2015 11:19:10 PM
Here is what Lindsey Graham just said, without stoping for a beat: WhenIwas21mymomdied, whenIwas22mydaddied.

by Matt Viser via twitter 8/3/2015 11:19:36 PM
This forum is like speed dating. Candidates have 4 minutes to make an impression, and try to fit as many words as possible into 240 seconds.

by Matt Viser via twitter 8/3/2015 11:20:41 PM
.@GrahamBlog rails against cuts to FBI, CIA and millitary, calls @HillaryClinton the worst person to negotiate foreign policy #VotersFirst

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:20:46 PM
.@GrahamBlog rails against cuts to FBI, CIA and millitary, calls @HillaryClinton the worst person to negotiate foreign policy #VotersFirst

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:20:46 PM
Also, first Monica Lewinsky reference goes to @GrahamBlog

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:21:03 PM
Now up at #VotersFirst : @ChrisChristie #FITN

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:21:25 PM
Now up at #VotersFirst : @ChrisChristie #FITN

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:21:26 PM
Lindsey Graham, "fluent in Clintonspeak," revives '90s debate over definition of sex at #VotersFirst . Guffaws in crowd

by Jim O'Sullivan via twitter 8/3/2015 11:21:29 PM
Chris Christie on paying for US hostages: “We can’t negotiate with terrorists...We just encourage folks by doing that. We can’t do it.”

by Matt Viser via twitter 8/3/2015 11:21:53 PM
.@ChrisChristie : "We need to say to" most fortunate, "we need for you to not take a social security check." #VotersFirst #FITN

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:22:47 PM
.@ChrisChristie : "We need to say to" most fortunate, "we need for you to not take a social security check." #VotersFirst #FITN

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:22:47 PM
Seriously, how much red bull did Jack Heath drink tonight? This is a workout!

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:23:49 PM
Chris Christie: “The war on drugs has been a failure. Well intentioned, but a failure."

by Matt Viser via twitter 8/3/2015 11:24:49 PM
How much has opiate crisis changed politics so far? In a primary, GOP candidates boast of treatment before prison. #VotersFirst

by Jim O'Sullivan via twitter 8/3/2015 11:25:25 PM
.@ChrisChristie on drug crisis: " If you're not a violent offender" or "selling drugs to our children, we need to get you treatment." #FITN

by GroundGame via twitter 8/3/2015 11:25:45 PM
.@ChrisChristie on drug crisis: " If you're not a violent offender" or "selling drugs to our children, we need to get you treatment." #FITN

by Shira T. Center via twitter 8/3/2015 11:25:45 PM
Watching candidates try to fit everything in 4 minutes is like watching an marathoner stretch, run 2 miles, then get directed to drink water

by Matt Viser via twitter 8/3/2015 11:26:25 PM