Good evening everybody. I'm Martha McCall.

And I'm Brett Bear. This is the very same stage on which the Republican choice for president

will accept the party's nomination next summer. The eight contenders are positioned by the order they sit in the

polls with the highest polling candidates in the middle standing center stage.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Next,

for more than Aye Ramaflani.

Former Vice President Mike Pence.

Former South Carolina Governor Mickey Haley.

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott.

Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.

And North Dakota, Governor, Doug Bergen.

Some ground rules for tonight.

We'll ask the questions and then candidates get one minute to answer. If someone is

singled out you get 30 seconds to respond and when the time runs out we all will

hear this. Very pleasant.

So tonight these candidates have a big opportunity to break out of the pack

and to explain why they are best prepared to be the Republican choice for president.

At a time when the likely Democrat nominee, President Joe Biden, is working to convince the

country that with Bidenomicsics things are looking up.

We call my plan Baidonomics.

...