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Election 2016: The Vice Presidential Debate

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Sizing up the vice presidential debate. We’ll look at Democratic vice presidential nominee Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican vice presidential nominee Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and their take on the world and the White House.

Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, left, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine exchange opinions as Moderator Elaine Quijano of CBS News listens during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., (Joe Raedle/AP)
Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, left, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine exchange opinions as Moderator Elaine Quijano of CBS News listens during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., (Joe Raedle/AP)

Will the vice presidential nominees’ debate matter? They hope so. Last night, Tim Kaine went on the attack against Donald Trump and many things he has said – rapists, pigs, slobs, praise for Vladimir Putin. Mike Pence took his shots at Hillary Clinton and her record – and played defense, sort of. There seemed to be a limit to how far he would go for Trump, but he was steady after a rough week.  This hour On Point, the VP encounter. — Tom Ashbrook

Guests

Eliana Johnson, Washington editor for the National Review. (@elianayjohnson)

Megan Murphy, Washington bureau chief and executive editor at Bloomberg News. (@meganmurp)

Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent for Slate. (@jbouie)

From Tom’s Reading List

POLITICO: Kaine struggles to pin Trump’s scandals on Pence -- "An eager and aggressive Tim Kaine repeatedly interrupted Mike Pence on the debate stage Tuesday night, as Hillary Clinton’s running mate tried to pin Donald Trump’s controversial statements on the Indiana governor — with limited success. The dynamic stood in stark contrast to last week’s debate, in which an erratic Trump took Hillary Clinton’s bait, spending much of the night on the defense over his checkered financial past, refusal to release his tax returns and his secret ISIS plan."

NBC News:  Pence Charges at Clinton and Runs Away From Trump -- "For months, the buttoned-down conservatism of GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence has run on a parallel track to Donald Trump's inflammatory populism. At Tuesday's vice presidential debate at Longwood University here, the two trains finally threatened to collide — only to split in opposite directions instead."
Washington Post: Kaine, Pence wage an unsatisfying proxy war in vice-presidential debate — "Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton weren’t on the stage at the vice-presidential debate here Tuesday night, but it didn’t really matter. They were still front and center."

This program aired on October 5, 2016.

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