Vice Presidential Debate
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by Robert Yoon via twitter 10/11/2012 11:24:35 PM
THRILL IN THE VILLE 1 was the Cheney-Lieberman #VPdebate in 2000 in Danville, also w/ boxing-themed poster. #CNNdebate p.twimg.com
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Beau Biden talks about his dad, the debater: He lands punches. -
Alright Ticker team and fellow live blog viewers...I have to ask: Have you seen the Paul Ryan workout pics? Thoughts?
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Today's big political story is the debate, but it's also another day on the campaign trail for Mitt Romney. Read about remarks he made on Libya today in North Carolina:
Team Obama: Romney and Ryan made Libya attack political
(CNN) - Remarks from one of President Barack Obama's top campaign aides on the terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, drew a sharp rebuke from Mitt Romney Thursday at a campaign event in North Carolina.
Romney was reacting to comments Stephanie Cutter made on CNN earlier in the day. She said the political firestorm ignited by the attack on an American consulate in Benghazi was a result of Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan using the event to attack the president. -
See, you can leave your comments to the right, and then we'll add some of it to the main live blog. So when Mike says this...Whomever answers the most questions without bashing their opponent will get my vote. If you can't defend your own opinion then you are not fit to lead.
Kash responds...
MikeOct 11, 2012 at 7:24 PMThats it mike?
And Mike follows up.
Kash_GibbonsOct 11, 2012 at 7:26 PMOf course not. The policy has to be there as well. They can't defend throwing cats from rooftops but I dont think that anyone is proposing that. How about you?
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Could the VP debate shift momentum in the 2012 race? John King thinks so...
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by Robert Yoon via twitter 10/11/2012 11:32:43 PMBernard Shaw moderated VP debate 2000. He's the last man to moderate a #VPdebate. Gwen Ifill did 04 & 08; Martha Raddatz in '12. #CNNdebate
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Will nervous tics and trips of the tongue fell veep candidates? CNN's Halimah Abdullah reports
Vice President Joe Biden is a gaffe-prone avuncular type; Rep. Paul Ryan's is a wonky Gen-Xer. But both men will face the same challenge at their debate on Thursday: staying out of their own way....
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by CNN Politics via twitter 10/11/2012 11:38:29 PM'Completely wrong' Google search yields Romney pics at.cnn.com -
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by Robert Yoon via twitter 10/11/2012 11:39:24 PMBernie Shaw is only person to have moderated "Grand Slam" of prez debates: D&R primary debates, #VPdebate & gen elex prez debate #CNNdebate
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by Dana Bash via twitter 10/11/2012 11:39:47 PMJust ran into ted Olson who played biden ryan debate prep. I asked what his most important advice to ryan was. "just be yourself"he said -
by Anderson Cooper via twitter 10/11/2012 11:40:32 PM.@Nunzia_B @ac360 not a dumb question at all. We are covering out of DC tonight but have lots of people there -
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by Paul Begala via twitter 10/11/2012 11:42:03 PMMy GOP colleagues at CNN are actually saying that Romney is not a flip-flopper. Seriously. Anyone buying that? #CNNDebate -
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by Dana Bash via twitter 10/11/2012 11:42:59 PMHow did ryan become ryan? Watch my story here on.cnn.com #cnnelection
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How did Biden prepare for tonight’s debate? Here’s some new information, obtained by CNN White House Correspondent Brianna Keilar:
After Biden did walk through and retired to house of a supporter nearby, he reviewed his notes and did some last minute studying for the debate. Biden rested today for an hour or so, and then had dinner.
Previewing tonight, a source said Biden may make news on foreign policy. He may offer some new details we haven't heard before.
Another source familiar with Biden's prep for the debate said the vice president has extensively prepared for not only substance but tone. In his mock debates he's rehearsed everything from how to deal with a milder Paul Ryan to an extremely aggressive Paul Ryan.
The source said the mock debates were taped so they could be reviewed afterward. -
What does Fareed Zakaria think Joe Biden has to do to win? Find out here.
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As he prepares to take the debate stage in just over an hour, an email from Biden hits supporters' inboxes: "I told Barack I have one mission tonight: tell the truth and stand up for what we believe in.... I can't predict if Paul Ryan will follow Mitt Romney's lead tonight, hiding and flat-out denying their unpopular ideas, or if he'll come prepared to have a real debate about where this country should go.Trust me, I'm ready for anything, but I can't do this alone."
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President Obama said in a radio interview Wednesday he was "too polite" in his first faceoff with Republican challenger Mitt Romney... How will Vice President Joe Biden handle his only debate against Rep. Paul Ryan?
Biden indicated earlier Thursday he's ready to go toe-to-toe with his rival:
Biden: 'You ever seen me rope-a-dope?'
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CNN's Candy Crowley breaks down tonight's vice presidential debate expectations live on CNN now. She will moderate the next presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on October 16.
Get to Know CNN's Candy Crowley in this special debate edition where we turn the tables and ask her the questions. -
CNN's Jim Acosta was just reporting from the "spin room," where campaign surrogates will reporters their interpretation -- their "spin" -- of how the debate went later this evening. After last week's debate, widely seen as a strong night for Romney, Republican surrogates were out promptly and in numbers, while Obama surrogates took 10 minutes to appear in the spin room.
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Tonight's debate on CNNTV will feature real-time reaction from a focus group of undecided voters, as well as clocks for each candidates' speaking time.
If you want to tell your friends about CNN on Twitter, use our hashtags! #CNNDebate, #CNNUndecideds, #CNNDebateClock -
Obama camp, liberal groups use VP debate to organize Catholic voters -- from CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Dan Gilgoff
(CNN) - As it organizes Catholic watch parties for Thursday night's debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, who are both Roman Catholic, the Obama campaign hasn't been shy about suggesting that the GOP vice presidential nominee hasn't lived up to his Catholic values.
"For Catholic outreach, a defining moment in this campaign has been (Mitt) Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate," said Broderick Johnson, a senior adviser with Barack Obama's campaign who spearheads Catholic outreach efforts.
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by CNN Politics via twitter 10/11/2012 11:59:03 PMTonight's debate on CNN will feature reactions from undecided voters and clocks timing each candidates' speaking time. #CNNdebateclock
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by Dana Bash via twitter 10/11/2012 11:59:19 PMWhat's in paul ryans 40 lb briefcase? Watch this on.cnn.com #cnnelection
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by Alex Castellanos via twitter 10/12/2012 12:00:11 AMthis is the night to tweet about @ezraklien RT @ezraklein: My resolution: No reading Twitter during the debate. -
While their no. 2's prepare to take the stage one hour from now, President Barack Obama is speaking at a fundraiser in Miami, Florida and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney recently finished speaking at a campaign rally in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Welcome to CNN.com/DebatesLiveBlog! You'll notice a couple differences from the usual live blog: first, you'll notice a new, separate live blog which will house your comments - and, it should be noted, a LOT more of your comments. So leave them there and join the conversation. Secondly, you'll see some new Twitter accounts being fed in, that are specialized in certain areas, like @CNNBelief (this is the first debate to feature two Catholics). And of course, we'll have the trivia, polls, related CNN.com stories and videos as we always do. So settle in - it's going to be a lively few hours of the only VP debate of 2012...
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by Alex Castellanos via twitter 10/12/2012 12:02:25 AM!!!! MT @rickklein: Biden: "I told Barack I have one mission tonight: tell the truth and stand up for what we believe in." Um, 2? #CNNdebate
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John King is breaking it down now at the Magic Wall. Here are 5 things to watch for at tonight's debate.
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by CNN Politics via twitter 10/12/2012 12:06:34 AMRand Paul talks 2016 prospects at.cnn.com
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by Robert Yoon via twitter 10/12/2012 12:08:46 AMWill Biden-Ryan #VPdebate get the 69.9 million viewers that the 2008 Biden-Palin debate got? #CNNdebate
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Just how important is a vice presidential debate? CNN Chief National Correspondent John King says the debate is "no game-changer, but could shift momentum"
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(CNN) -- Yes, the debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan is sure to be entertaining, and it comes at an important moment in a highly competitive presidential campaign. But let's not get carried away... -
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Andrew Weber
