Perot Vice Presidential Debate

The first presidential debate between former vice president joe biden and president donald j.

Perot vice presidential debate. The same day perot rejoined the race bush and clinton set terms for three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. Perot participated in the first of three presidential debates for the 1992 election on october 11 in clayton missouri along with george bush and bill clinton. In 1988 the most memorable debate moment came in the vice presidential contest between sen. Perot eventually re entered the race in the fall of 1992 with stockdale still in place as the vice presidential nominee.

Dan quayle a republican from indiana and sen. But he is fated to be remembered by his iconic opening line in the 1992 vice presidential debate when he ran on the ticket of texas billionaire and independent candidate ross perot. Al gore of tennessee a democrat vice president dan quayle a republican and retired adm. 29 in what turned out to be the third most watched presidential debate in.

Vice president al gore and former presidential candidate ross perot debate the merits of the north american free trade agreement passed by congress but not. The self deprecating stockdale famously opened the vice presidential debate in 1992 by asking who am i. Anderson in 1980 and was the first general election presidential debate to ever feature three candidates. Perot and stockdale were included making for the first and still.

While ross perot amused crowds with his snarky comments his running mate vietnam war hero admiral james stockdale publicly struggled to transform himself into a public figure. Four years later perot once again stood at seven percent and wanted in on the debates. James stockdale running as an independent. Trump took place on sept.

The vice presidential debate consisted of sen. It was the first time that a third party candidate was involved in a national televised debate since john b.