IN DECISION 2012 NEWS.. THE
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
WILL SQUARE-OFF TONIGHT IN THEIR
FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE. 22NEWS
REPORTER NICOLE NALEPA SPOKE TO
VOTERS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR
THOUGHTS ARE AHEAD OF THIS
EVENT.
WITH LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM
ELECTION DAY...IT'S NOW
VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND
CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN'S TURN TO
DEBATE. THE TWO WILL TAKE CENTER
STAGE AT CENTRE COLLEGE IN
KENTUCKY THURSDAY NIGHT. AND
THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
RIGHT NOW THE LATEST POLLS FROM
PEW RESEARCH HAVE FOUND THAT 51%
OF REGISTERED VOTERS SEE
VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN
UNFAVORABLY...COMP ARED TO THE
39% WHO SUPPORT HIM. HOWEVER,
44% OF VOTERS GAVE RYAN POSITIVE
VIEWS...WHILE ANOTHER 44% VIEW
HIM UNFAVORABLY. EXPERTS
SAY...IT STILL COULD BE ANYONE'S
GAME. BUT THE QUESTION IS: WHO
WILL BE WATCHING?
EVEN THOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT TO
TUNE INTO EVERY DEBATE, MANY
VOTERS TOLD 22NEWS THAT THEY
BELIEVE THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE TENDS TO BE OVERLOOKED BY
MOST AMERICANS.
CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ OF AMHERST
JUST TURNED 18 AND IS READY TO
VOTE. HE FEELS THIS DEBATE IS
JUST AS CRUCIAL AS THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES...SINCE THE
V-P IS TECHNICALLY THE BACK-UP
CHOICE TO THE COMMANDER-
IN-CHIEF.
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THE
PRESIDENT--HOPEFULLY NOT--WE
WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN,
WHAT THE VICE-PRESIDENT PLANS TO
DO.
I ALSO THINK THAT THE
VICE-PRESIDENT, A LOT OF TIMES,
CAN BE AN ARBITRATOR IN BETWEEN
THE CONGRESS AND SENATE AND THE
PRESIDENT.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW THAT PERSON JUST AS
WELL AS WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT.
IN CHICOPEE, NICOLE NALEPA,
22NEWS.
