Centre College Vice Presidential Debate 2012

Presidential general election slated for various locations around the united states in october 2012 three of them involving the major party presidential nominees later determined to be democratic president barack obama from illinois and former republican governor mitt romney of massachusetts and.

Centre college vice presidential debate 2012. Each segment opened with a question after which each candidate had two minutes to respond. He needed to assure voters that he could talk knowledgably about something other than medicare or the budget. 90 minute debate with candidates seated at table with moderator. Vice president joe biden and representative paul ryan r wi met at centre college for the 2012 vice presidential debate.

Danville ky centre college got its second national nod on monday when it was selected to host the only vice presidential debate in 2012. In addition to watching clips of the vice president s many debates ryan has studied news clips of the moderator abc news senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz. The bipartisan commission on presidential debates cpd held four debates for the 2012 u s. Raddatz has held her current role at abc since 2008.

Both foreign and domestic issues were covered including terrorism and. He enrolled at centre college where he met his future wife letitia green her father lewis warner green was centre s fifth president. 5 2000 centre college in danville ky population 16 000 became the smallest campus in the smallest community ever to host a general election debate an event dubbed the thrill in the ville the associated press commented that its execution was as close to flawless as humanly possible and dan rather said centre put on a. 2012 centre vice presidential debate update.

Centre college will host the second debate between the democratic and republican tickets and the first and only debate between the vice presidential c. The cpd released that abc news chief foreign correspondent martha raddatz will moderate the vice presidential debate at centre college on october 11.