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Vice Presidential Debate - 2008 Table of Contents

Opening

 

      Welcome & Introductions

Moderator: Gwen Ifill

 

Baliout Bill

Was this the worst or best of Washington?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin

 

Party Polarization

      Would you shrink the gap of polarization which has sprung up in Washington?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


Subprime Lending

      Who was at fault for the subprime lending meltdown & what should be

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Tax Increases

      Response to Biden Comments about Sen. McCain's health care comments

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin

 

      Why are your tax plans not considered class welfare?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


Health Care Plan

      Defend Sen. McCain's Health Care Plan.

Gov. Palin

 

      Response to Palin's Defense of Sen. McCain's Health Care Plan

Sen. Biden


Bailout Bill Campaign Impact

      As a result of the bailout, what promise can not be kept by your campaign?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Economy - Bankruptcy

      McCain supported bill to make it more difficult for debt-strapped mortgage-

Gov. Palin

 

      As a result of the Bankrupcy Bill did mortgage-holders paid the price?

Sen. Biden


Energy

      Follow-up To Biden's Subprime Lending Crisis

Gov. Palin


Climate Change

      What is true and what is false about what we have heard, read, discussed,

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Climate Change

      McCain supports caps on carbon emissions. Obama supports clean coal

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Same-Sex Benefits & Marriage

      Do you support same-sex benefits?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


      Do you support gay marriage?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


Iraq

      What is your exit strategy for Iraq?

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Iran & Pakistan

      What's the greater threat - nuclear Iran or unstable Pakistan?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


Engagement with Enemies

      Former Secretaries of State have advocated some level of engagement with

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Israel

      Talk about your support for Israel.

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Bush Administration

      Differences from the Bush Administration

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Nuclear Weapons

      What should be the trigger, or should there be a trigger, when nuclear

Gov. Palin


Bush Administration & Afghanistan

      Can we talk about Afghanistan real quick (request by Gov. Palin)

Gov. Palin

 

      Talk about nuclear use and also about Afghanistan.

Sen. Biden


Nuclear Weapons

      Talk about nuclear use and also about Afghanistan.

Sen. Biden


Bush Administration & Afghanistan

      Response to Sen. Biden's comments on Afghanistan

Gov. Palin

 

      Response to Gov. Palin's comments on Afghanistan

Sen. Biden


Intervention

      Do the American public have the stomach of intervention?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


Vice Presidential Views

      How do your views differ from your running mates'?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


      What is the Vice Presidency worth to you?

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden

 

      Does the Executive Branch hold complete sway over the Vice President?

Gov. Palin

 

      Does the Executive Branch hold complete sway over the Vice President?

Sen. Biden

 

      Experience

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


      Change

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden


Policy Issue Changes

      Can you think of policy issue in which you were forced to change a long-held

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


Bipartisanship

      How can you change the tone in Washington as Vice President?

Sen. Biden

Gov. Palin


Closing

      Closing Statements

Gov. Palin

Sen. Biden

Moderator - Gwen Ifill



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