Chris Christie isn’t the only candidate to call for cyber-warfare against China. In my recent piece on hacks and Social Security numbers, near the end, I references Mike Huckabee’s vehement call for reciprocal cyber-war.
Ben Casselman
Twice tonight, Rick Santorum has pledged to reverse the decline in manufacturing jobs. Good luck. The U.S. factory sector has been shrinking for decades. Employment has actually rebounded in recent years under Obama, but it remains far below its prerecession level, let alone its historical peak.
Leah Libresco
After CNBC’s fiasco (at least according to many observers), the Fox Business debate hosts promoted their debate as “the real debate on the economy.” So far, they’re keeping their promise (for the JV debate at least). A third of the way through, all questions have been on economic issues, two per candidate. Though Santorum, unsurprisingly, managed to find an opening to talk about incentivizing marriage.