Republican nominee for Vice President Paul Ryan told the Los Angeles Times that he was nervous for Thursday night's debate with current VP Joe Biden.
"This is my first time so sure, it's a nervous situation because Joe Biden is one of the most experienced debaters we have in modern politics...Joe Biden's been on these big stages before.... But what he can't run from is President Obama's indefensible record."
The two vice presidential candidates will have the first and final debate before the November elections on Thursday. The two candidates will discuss both foreign and domestic policies.
Last week's presidential debate between President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney proved to be extremely benefitting to the Romney campaign. His performance was unanimously deemed superior to Obama's by the media and undecided voters. Now it is up to the VP candidates to make their mark with constituents nationwide.
But before the debate here is some information about the candidates:
Paul Ryan is the Republican nominee for vice president on the Romney ticket for 2012. The representative from Wisconsin is better known for his staunch economic policies. The Paul Ryan budget as it is popularly called stipulates cuts to Medicare, foodstamps and other such facilities. The 42-year-old Ryan has remained rather quite on his economic plans post his nomination to run with Romney. It would be interesting to see whether he discusses any of his policies in tomorrow's debate. Ryan is also known for his adamant opposition to Obama's Affordable Health Care Plan.
The Schedule for Today's Debate is as follows:
Thursday, October 11
Who: Vice-Presidential Nominees Joe Biden and Paul Ryan
Time: 9-10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time
Place: Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
Topic: Domestic and Foreign Policies
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent
The debate will be divided into nine segments of 10 minutes each. The same rule applies as the presidential debate in respect to the topic and time given to each candidate. Also it is noteworthy that this will be the first presidential debate in 20 years in which a woman will be a moderator.
