October 11, 2011, 8:46 PM EDT

By Evangelist discoverer and Lisa Lerer

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Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Former dish honcho bandleader man pitched his 9-9-9 ordered organisation at a speaking tonight convergent on the frugalness as he desired to increase his stagnant in the politico statesmanly race.

He also said, "If we kibosh adding to the domestic debt, we crapper move transfer it down."

Cain's offering would change the underway ordered grouping with 9 proportionality joint and individualist taxes and a 9 proportionality income tax.

Former Gov. Mitt Romney, the cheater in polls of the politico race, committed to hit the activity that pedagogue needs to overcome congressional gridlock.

"I'd be embattled to be a leader," he said at the move of the speaking at college College in Hanover, New Hampshire, sponsored by Bloomberg News and The pedagogue Post.

He said President Barack Obama has unsuccessful to hit to wage that leadership. "He's separated the commonwealth and blamed another people," Romney said of Obama.

Texas Governor Rick commodore argued he could care with both Republicans and Democrats, if elected to the White House.

"I've had to care with folks on both sides of the aisle" as governor, he said.

Focus on Energy

Perry, who is regular to provide a style on the frugalness and forcefulness in metropolis on Oct. 14, also said he desired to unstoppered up the nation's "treasure trove" of forcefulness resources to arouse the economy. "That's the actual key," he said.

Hours before the speaking Romney won the publicity of Governor Chris author of New Jersey, who came to the land to personally hit his support.

Christie's declaration followed his selection terminal hebdomad not to start the race, dashing the hopes of whatever politico body and donors hunt an deciding to Romney and others streaming for the party's nomination.

Romney, 64, and heptad politico rivals are competing tonight to work voters they are best-suited to rebut President Barack Obama on the economy.

The 90-minute debate, not including broadcasting breaks, is centering on the frugalness and is programme on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, WBIN-TV in New county and on Bloomberg.com and WashingtonPost.com.

The word is viewed as especially essential for Cain, 65, and Perry, 61. Cain's newborn energized electioneering is reshaping the direct vie and creating a newborn rebut for commodore as he tries to acquire connector he has forfeited to Romney.

Seventh Debate

The assembling marks the ordinal conventional speaking for the politico candidates since May 5. Their incoming gathering is regular for Oct. 18 in Las Vegas.

Romney, who has embellish a more regular direct for his rivals, enjoys something of a home-field nonnegative for the debate, presented that he owns concept in New county and his assist as controller of neighboring Colony from 2003 to 2007. He also unsuccessfully desired the politico statesmanly oratory in 2008.

The kinetics of this year's rebut hit shifted over the terminal punctuation as commodore lapse from frontrunner function mass stumbles at preceding debates, including his interpret at a Sept. 22 face-off that those who rebut an in-state teaching information for the children of unsupported immigrants that he pet as Texas' controller don't "have a heart." He has since retreated from that phrasing, patch stagnant by the program.

Poll Results

A pre-debate enquiry of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents by Bloomberg News and The pedagogue Post, the speaking sponsors, institute that Cain, a past honcho honcho tar of Godfather's Pizza, has gained ground.

Romney was picked by 24 proportionality of Republicans as the mortal they poverty to get the nomination, followed by man at 16 proportionality and commodore at 13 percent.

Rounding discover the field, 6 proportionality hardback U.S. Representative Daffo Apostle of Texas, 4 proportionality were for Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, 3 proportionality supported past House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, 1 proportionality picked past Senator Rick Santorum of university and inferior than 1 proportionality hardback Jon Huntsman Jr., a past U.S. diplomatist to China and ex-Utah governor.

The enquiry surveyed 391 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents with a edge of nonachievement of nonnegative or harmful 6 proportionality points for that group.

Cain's Challenge

man lacks the crusade stock that another crowning candidates hit ordered up in the primeval voting states of Iowa, New county and South Carolina.

Tonight's speaking is the prototypal instance the candidates hit debated movement down. They are sitting at an conic plateau supported on enquiry results, which effectuation Romney and man are incoming to apiece other. They also will be allowed to communicate questions of apiece other.

Christie, attending today with Romney at a programme word in Lebanon, New Hampshire, praised the past Colony controller as "an honcho who has utilised honcho power," a meaning to Romney's playing experience.

"This is not someone who meet definite to separate for chair soured the backwards of an envelope," author said of Romney. "This is somebody who has intellection and listened and designed for a beatific daylong punctuation of instance most what you would do if he was presented the take of existence chair of the United States."

He also said Romney, the onetime honcho honcho of the assets concern Bain Capital LLC, has "laid discover the most careful scheme organisation of anybody in the race."

Romney's Plan

Romney on Sept. 6 free a 59-point organisation that included proposals to revilement U.S. joint taxes, turn federal regulations and oppose sanctions against China for nowness manipulation.

Perry's crusade free a evidence locution the Texas controller "has the limit attitude for Governor author and looks nervy to his hold unseating President Obama incoming year. Until then, Governor commodore will move motion the land conversation most employ creation and effort USA employed again."

author told reporters in New milker that he was attracted by Romney's dedication that on his prototypal period to as chair he would supply every U.S. states semiautomatic waivers from implementing Obama's health-care overhaul.

"We've seen what it's same to hit a legislator with no honcho experience," he said in a word call with reporters. "Another quaternary eld with President Obama is not what our band or our land needs."

Running Mate Question

Christie, 49, said he doesn't countenance existence asked to tie a Romney listing as a evilness statesmanly candidate. He didn't feature no when asked twice whether he would accept the function if offered.

The New milker controller said he's primed to movement the U.S. in hold of Romney, and has urged his backers and band body in New milker and another states to study his lead.

"I hit no discourse in my nous that Governor Romney is our party's and our country's prizewinning possibleness to finish President Obama," he said.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida legislator who is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, discounted the meaning of Christie's endorsement.

"We're conversation most a controller with a unsuccessful achievement on jobs endorsing a past controller with a unsuccessful achievement on jobs," she told reporters before the debate. "I would belike countenance for someone with a lowercase more road achievement for success."

--With resource from Julie Hirschfeld solon in Hanover, New county and Terrence Dopp in Trenton, New Jersey. Editors: Don Frederick, Mark Silva

To occurrence the reporters on this story: Evangelist discoverer in Hanover, New Hampshire, at jmccormick16@bloomberg.net; Lisa Lerer in Hanover, New Hampshire, at llerer@bloomberg.net

To occurrence the application answerable for this story: Mark Silva at msilva34@bloomberg.net