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Six things that Joe Biden, Paul Ryan must do in their VP debate

Historically, says Emory University debate coach Bill Newnam, “vice presidential debates have not mattered.”

But in the aftermath of President Obama’s disastrous performance in last Wednesday night’s first presidential debate, which helped Republican Mitt Romney erase the Democratic incumbent’s yearlong lead in the polls, “the stakes in Thursday night’s debate are astronomical for both candidates,” notes University of Michigan debate director Aaron Kall.

5 hits and 5 misses on the campaign trail, Oct. 1-5

Hits: 1. Romney emerges from coma, a changed man. Romney had a great debate. The candidate who was coming under increasing fire from his own party for running a lackluster, almost leisurely campaign, even as a damaging video put him seriously behind in key swing states, has been revitalized by his clear win. The campaign […]