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Live Blog: Republican Candidates Debate in Tampa

Mitt Romney

The former Massachusetts governor laid low during an early August debate when he watched his fellow candidates attack each other instead of him. But he was ready for battle last week with his chief rival, Rick Perry - a sign that the longtime front-runner considers Perry his most dangerous challenge. With tonight’s debate expected to focus on Social Security and entitlements, Romney may have to face yet more criticism of the healthcare reform he championed in Massachusetts.  

Eight Republican presidential candidates debated Monday in Tampa, Fla., and for the second time in less than one week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry was the punching bag, coming under attack for everything from his remarks that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme” to his decision to sign an executive order mandating that Texas schoolgirls be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer.

Continually on the defensive -- and, at one point, booed by a largely tea party audience for his defense of a law allowing in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants -- Perry has few opportunities to tout his record or take on his Republican rivals.

As with last week’s debate at the Reagan Presidential Library, the night began with a vigorous back and forth between Romney and Perry, this time over the issue of Social Security. In a fast-paced exchange, Romney asked Perry to stand by his assertion that Social Security was unconstitutional or "retreat." Perry assured current Social Security recipients that he would maintain the program for them and accused Romney of trying to scare seniors.

Romney wasn’t alone in his attacks on Perry – in fact, for much of the night he was able to sit back and let other candidates on the stage chip away at the new frontrunner.   Bachmann and Santorum weighed in with impassioned criticisms of Perry’s vaccination mandate, and Bachmann also told Perry that giving tuition breaks to children of illegal immigrants was "not the American way.

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