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| Republican Debate |
The Republican presidential candidates held their second debate today in less than 12 hours trying to make the difference between them ahead of the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday.
The six faces seen again at 9 am local time (14.00 GMT) in the town of Concord (New Hampshire) just hours after holding another meeting last night at the University of Saint Anselm.
The debate sponsored by NBC television and Facebook, will be a second opportunity for applicants to demonstrate that they are the best choice to represent his party.
This time the former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, the former senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, Congressman from Texas, Ron Paul, Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, the president of the Chamber of Representatives, Newt Gingrich and former governor of Utah Jon Huntsman, will have to answer questions in the social network.
In the debate last night the six were correct and there was no clear winner. While it is expected that all attacking Romney, winner of the Iowa caucuses, to try to undermine his campaign, it was not, the former governor was calm and almost as an observer of the attacks from the other candidates tried to show how the alternative to Romney.
The former governor is leading the polls in New Hampshire and the next round of primaries to be held in South Carolina on January 21.
This week a survey by CNN, Time magazine and ORC International said that Romney has 37% support in South Carolina and Santorum and Gingrich were competing for second place, with 19% and 18% respectively.
In South Carolina, Santorum has been increasing its support in some 15 points since early last month, while Gingrich has fallen 25 points since then.
