VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES JOE
BIDEN AND PAUL RYAN SQUARE OFF
TONIGHT..
IN THE ONLY SCHEDULED VICE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
BUT HOW MUCH WILL IT MATTER TO
THE CAMPAIGNS?
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S ADAM WIDENER
ASKED THAT QUESTION TO AN
EXPERT AT I-P-F-W TODAY AND
JOINS US WITH HIS ANSWER.
TONIGHT'S DEBATE MAY NOT SEEM
VERY IMPORTANT IN THE GRAND
SCHEME OF
THE CAMPAIGNS.
BUT A PROFESSOR AT I-P-F-W SAYS
THERE'S
PLENTY AT STAKE ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT COULD MAKE TONIGHT MEAN
MORE
THAN YOU THINK.
<...58:08-THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
WE REALLY SEE WHETHER OR NOT
THEY ARE
ABLE TO BE VIEWED AS A POTENTIAL
PRESIDENT SHOULD SOMETHING
UNFORTUNATELY HAPPEN.
JOE BIDEN AND PAUL RYAN SQUARE
OFF IN
DANVILLE, KENTUCKY FOR THE ONLY
VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT 9:00
TONIGHT.
IT'S A PERFORMANCE ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
AT
IPFW - MICHAEL WOLF - SAYS WILL
MATTER.
02:22-FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY
MAY
NOT WATCH IT THE FIRST GO AROUND
AND SEE THE WHOLE THING BUT THEY
WILL
SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS PLAYED OUT ON
THE NEWS OR HEAR ABOUT IT AT
WORK AND
COME AWAY WITH IMPRESSIONS THAT
MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN JUST
FROM
WATCHING IT THEMSELVES.
THAT'S WHY THE PERFORMANCE END
OF
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TONIGHT.
MANY THOUGHT ROMNEY TO HAVE A
STRONGER PERFORMANCE IN THE
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
TONIGHT, WOLF SAYS EACH PARTY
HAS A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR
MOMENTUM.
00:18-IT DOES CHANGE THE KIND OF
NEWS COVERAGE AND NARRATIVE
THAT'S
OCCURING ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AT
THE TIME.
SO IT SHIFTS THINGS AWAY
DEPENDING ON THE PERFORMACE OF
THE CANDIDATES AND EATS UP SOME
NEWS
CYCLES.
WOLF SAYS THE FIRST DEBATE WAS A
GREAT CHANCE FOR VOTERS TO LOOK
AT EACH CANDIDATE'S PERSPECTIVE
ON
ISSUES.
AND THINKS IT WILL BE UP TO THE
MODERATOR, IF THAT TREND
CONTINUES TONIGHT.
04:23-THE MODERATOR WILL HAVE
TO DECIDE DO YOU DIVE RIGHT INTO
THE ISSUES OR DO YOU HAVE SOME
MORE OF THE CHARACTER LOOKED AT
SINCE WE
KNOW LESS ABOUT THESE PEOPLE
THAN WE CERTAINLY DO AT THE TIP
END OF THE
TICKET...
TONIGHT'S MODERATOR WILL BE
MARTHA RADDATZ OF ABC NEWS.
SHE IS ALREADY BEING SCRUTINIZED
FOR HER CONNECTION TO THE
PRESIDENT.
HE WAS INVITED TO HER 1991
WEDDING.
IN STUDIO 15, ADAM WIDENER,
NEWSCHANNEL 15.
