Biden-Palin - 1st Vice-Presidential Debate
October 3, 2008
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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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