{"id":31763,"date":"2012-10-11T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=31763"},"modified":"2012-10-11T10:16:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T17:16:30","slug":"what-to-expect-in-tonights-vice-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2012\/10\/11\/what-to-expect-in-tonights-vice-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect in Tonight&#8217;s Vice Presidential Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest101112\/2012_10_11_holland.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest101112\/2012_10_11_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/biden_vs_ryan.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>This election\u2019s only vice presidential debate between Republican Paul Ryan and Democrat Joe Biden is being highly anticipated by political pundits and voters. The debate starts tonight at 6 pm Pacific at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and will be moderated by Martha Raddatz of ABC news. <\/p>\n<p>Within the 90 minute format, covering both domestic and foreign policy, the Romney campaign is hoping to continue its momentum from the first Presidential debate, while the Obama campaign hopes to refocus its floundering campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Vice presidential debates have historically entertained rather than changed the outcome of elections. However, this year may be notable beyond Biden\u2019s flubs and Ryan\u2019s fitness regime. It is expected that Biden may try to counter Obama\u2019s underwhelming performance last week by aggressively challenging Ryan\u2019s budget policies and lack of foreign policy experience. Ryan is expected to try to say as little as possible about specifics, but appear assertive and presidential when facing Biden\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Obama\u2019s supporters last week were dismayed at his reluctance to raise crucial weak points in Romney\u2019s platform, namely on women\u2019s rights and economic issues. On Tuesday, Romney told a newspaper that as president that \u201cthere\u2019s no legislation with regards to abortion that I\u2019m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.\u201d On the surface, this statement clashes with Paul Ryan\u2019s conservative anti-choice stance. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats hope this difference and the Romney campaign\u2019s silence on the Ryan Budget, a radical program that proposes to cut the federal budget by $6 trillion over ten years, will highlight the so-called \u201cflip-flop\/etch-a-sketch\u201d factor which has dogged the Romney throughout the campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Polls taken after the first presidential debate show that President Obama has lost some of his lead in swing states, while Romney has pulled ahead. Nate Silver reports on his widely touted New York Times Blog that Romney now has a 28.8 % chance of winning the presidency, and that race between the two is the closest it has been since June. <\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Joshua Holland, Senior Writer and Editor at Alternet.org and author of the 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/election-2012\/what-watch-joe-biden-and-paul-ryan-square-thursday-night\">Click here<\/a> to read Holland&#8217;s latest Alternet article about the VP debate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This election\u2019s only vice presidential debate between Republican Paul Ryan and Democrat Joe Biden is being highly anticipated by political pundits and voters. The debate starts tonight at 6 pm Pacific at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and will be moderated by Martha Raddatz of ABC news. 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