What did Biden's team agree to this debate format?

PlanetBev

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Wed Oct-01-08 10:56 AM
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What did Biden's team agree to this debate format?

Apparently there's no give and take in this type of debate, and helps Palin.

What's in it for Joe? I'm sure he'll do fine, but that's not enough. I want her to go down in a flaming ball of death.

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stray cat

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Wed Oct-01-08 10:57 AM
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1. Would it be better not to have a VP debate?

Edited on Wed Oct-01-08 10:58 AM by dmordue

That may have been the other option if the McCain camp walks away

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TwilightGardener

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Wed Oct-01-08 10:58 AM
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2. No, it helps Joe, too--it's Obama's team that agreed to the format, and

I'm pretty sure they don't want Joe out there freestylin' it. Too much rope.

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Boz

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Wed Oct-01-08 10:59 AM
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3. There ould not have been a debate at all, it was more important to get her out there period.

Obama/Biden dont need to hang her, Just need to give he enough rope.

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PermanentRevolution

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Wed Oct-01-08 11:00 AM
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4. They did it to get the back-and-forth for Obama v. McCain

If we didn't agreed to this, they wouldn't agree to a freer format for the Presidential debates.

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AllentownJake

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Wed Oct-01-08 11:02 AM
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5. Exactly

Palin will make a fool out of herself regardless

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Bigleaf

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Wed Oct-01-08 11:04 AM
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6. Here is the debate format: 90 second answers followed by 2 minute discussion. She'll hang herself.

Vice presidential debate: all topics, moderated by Gwen Ifill
Thursday, October 2, Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

-Ninety-second answers, followed by two-minute discussion for each question. Two-minute closing statements.

http://www.debates.org/pages/news_092108.html

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