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Yes, you will miss “The Office” on Thursday, but now that all this space in your schedule during prime time opened up, why not watch the vice-presidential debate?
The VP debate will start tonight at 9 p.m. Student voters have huge sway in Maine and should be informed. Watching Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin duke it out will give voters a new look at the two campaigns.
This will not only show the views, opinions and policy ideas of the VPs, but will give insight as to what kind of people the future president values and wants to work with. This is as much a reflection on the VPs as it is the presidential candidates.
What will be important in the debate will probably not be who does the best, but who messes up the least – this is usually how the media determines a “winner.”
Media outlets, for the most part, determined there was not a clear winner from last week’s debate. Voters should try to lay their biases aside for an hour and a half and try to listen objectively.
This debate is particularly important because of the “media blackout.” Palin has been hesitant to give interviews and the media has not put much emphasis on Biden.
It will be interesting to see how both candidates do without a script or a running mate by their sides.Voters need to care about who will run the Senate and sits in the second most powerful seat in the nation’s government.
