Vice Presidential Debate

3rd & 7 37yd

by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:42:34 AM

What constitues a win for Biden?Hitch-hikerOct 11, 2012 at 8:40 PM

good question, hitch hiker. what constitues a Biden win?JeanOct 11, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Well, what do you all think? Why did so many more people think Romney won last week?
by Piers Morgan via twitter 10/12/2012 12:42:41 AM
Ridiculous! > RT @DylanByers Debate co-chairman asking audience not to tweet. "It's very, very important."
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:43:15 AM
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:43:49 AM
Shannon Travis is live outside the debate hall in Kentucky, with a group of students and seniors watching the debate. Sponsored by the AARP.
by Paul Begala via twitter 10/12/2012 12:45:02 AM
Good thing he's wearing his toe-shoes RT“@MaeveReston: .@MarkZBarabak just ran out of fingers trying to count all the debates he's covered”
by Piers Morgan via twitter 10/12/2012 12:46:11 AM
Why on earth should the only people in the world not allowed to tweet about the debate be the people sitting in the audience? Absurd!
by David Gergen via twitter 10/12/2012 12:46:16 AM
Dems & GOP each say if they can make the choice clear to voters tonite, their side will win election. Who is right? #cnndebate
by Gregory Wallace, CNN edited by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:46:27 AM
Before the cameras go live, the presidential debate commission president tells in-studio audience no applause during the debate. "No cheering, no applauding, no hissing, no harrumphing, no deep anxious sighs," he says. "This is a moment in history.... this is a solemn moment."
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:47:11 AM
Before the debate: earlier this week, Wolf Blitzer interviewed Mitt Romney. Watch it here.
by Paul Begala via twitter 10/12/2012 12:47:29 AM
Any truth to the rumor that part of Paul Ryan's workout is bench-pressing Chris Christie?
by Piers Morgan via twitter 10/12/2012 12:47:46 AM
REMINDER: I'll be live-tweeting the big VP debate, starting in 13ms. Watch CNN, and send me your views, using the hashtag #PMTdebate
by JoshLevs via twitter 10/12/2012 12:47:56 AM
Throughout the debate, I'll be tweeting FACTS, hard reporting about the topics that come up. Truths. #RTFacts #debates #CNNDebates
by BankruptingAm via twitter 10/12/2012 12:48:10 AM
Eager to get some answers from @joebiden and @PaulRyanVP tonight on the debt: t.co #vpdebate #debates
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 10/12/2012 12:48:29 AM
Everything tonight -- and for the following 25 days -- is about Election Day. CNN's John King reports on the electoral map.
by Alex Castellanos via twitter 10/12/2012 12:49:09 AM
tonight biden will defend a pres whose only ideas are to spend our way out of our overspending, & other guy is worse. #cnn2012 #cnndebate
by Robert Yoon via twitter 10/12/2012 12:49:10 AM
Biden-Ryan age gap (27 yrs/61days) biggest in #VPdebate history; 2nd biggest: Lloyd Bentsen-Dan Quayle gap (26 yrs/7 days). #CNNdebate
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 10/12/2012 12:49:12 AM
Jill Biden and Janna Ryan were just introduced in the debate hall.
by Erin Burnett via twitter 10/12/2012 12:49:32 AM
Ahead of #cnndebates: IF #focus group had to vote today, 35% say @BarackObama, 32% @MittRomney, 32% undecided.
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:49:54 AM
We're about to see Martha Raddatz, the debate moderator. Watch CNN now...
by Erin Burnett via twitter 10/12/2012 12:50:44 AM
.#Focusgroup in VA: 68% say country going in wrong direction. They aren't satisfied with choices for president. #cnndebates
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:51:18 AM
Martha Raddatz just said her cell phone ringer was "Ridin' Dirty" by Chamillionaire. I think I spelled that correctly.
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:52:38 AM

Ladies and Gentlemen! are you ready to rummmbbblllllePolJunkieOct 11, 2012 at 8:52 PM
Let's do it!
by Soledad O'Brien via twitter 10/12/2012 12:53:53 AM
"@jonathanwald: I'm told Jim Lehrer loves Ol' Dirty Bastard."//nothing would shock me
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:56:05 AM
David Gergen asks will this debate affect the race? We will see any minute.
by Shawna Shepherd via twitter 10/12/2012 12:56:43 AM
Ted Olson, who played Joe Biden in @PaulRyanVP debate prep, is sitting next to Janna Ryan in the debate hall. #CNNdebate
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:56:50 AM
Something to think about: this is the first debate to feature two Catholics.
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:57:00 AM
"You've got to find a way to relax," says Paul Begala.
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:58:14 AM
Just a reminder - leave your comments in the section to the right, and we'll add some to the live blog as well.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 10/12/2012 12:58:19 AM
Paul Begala on how nervous the candidates are ahead of the debate: "About as nervous as a hooker in church"
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 12:58:54 AM
Are they nervous? "Nervous as a hooker in church," says @PaulBegala. Responds @AlexCast: "I've been going to the wrong church." #CNNDebate!
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 1:00:30 AM
Different points of view:
Joe's for the average American not the elite few who are all greedy.RIngo3303Oct 11, 2012 at 8:59 PM

obama has lied for 4 years wake upKenOct 11, 2012 at 9:00 PM
by Jim Acosta via twitter 10/12/2012 1:01:36 AM
Here we go. Fact check: True
by Alex Castellanos via twitter 10/12/2012 1:01:40 AM
"obama-biden vision for the future"? isn't that like the secret plan to end the war? anybody seen it? #cnn2012
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 10/12/2012 1:01:47 AM
Moments away from the debate... Democrats say Joe Biden will focus on the economy: on.cnn.com and Paul Ryan will focus on substance: on.cnn.com
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 10/12/2012 1:02:33 AM
Martha Raddatz says the debate will go back and forth between foreign policy and domestic issues
by CNN Religion via twitter 10/12/2012 1:02:36 AM
Tonight is 1st time 2 Catholics vying for a White House perch will face off in a debate. #CNNDebate
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 1:02:43 AM
Martha Raddatz will move back and forth between domestic and foreign policy for 9 segments. There were just 6 segments during the last debate.
by Dana Bash via twitter 10/12/2012 1:02:56 AM
Inside ryans debate prep: on.cnn.com
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 10/12/2012 1:03:26 AM
One more time: Debate Night In America. It's on, live on CNN. Watch it there and cut your own videos at CNN.com/Debates.
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 10/12/2012 1:03:31 AM
Introduced as "Vice President Joe Biden" and "Congressman Paul Ryan" (Ryan's campaign said he wanted to be referred to as "Mr. Ryan"), the two vice presidential candidates shake hands, then take their seats.
by CNN Politics via twitter 10/12/2012 1:03:32 AM
Vice President @JoeBiden and Republican VP nominee @PaulRyanVP take the debate stage. Watch LIVE on #CNN.
by Jim Acosta via twitter 10/12/2012 1:03:49 AM
Biden on Libya: What it was was a tragedy. #CNNDebate
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 10/12/2012 1:04:13 AM
First question is on the September 11, 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Raddatz asks Biden: Wasn't this a massive intelligence failure?
by Jim Acosta via twitter 10/12/2012 1:04:23 AM
Biden: "We will find and bring to justice the men who did this... wherever the facts lead us, we will make clear to the American public."
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 10/12/2012 1:05:23 AM
Biden uses the first question to talk up President Obama's foreign policy achievements, including ending the war in Iraq and the killing of Osama bin Laden.

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