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    Debating the debates

    Is Mike Pence prepping for 2020?

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    By Josh Barro • Oct 7, 2016 • 29m Listen

    In a year where unconventional candidate Donald Trump took over the Republican party, how can Rich Lowry say 2016 is the year of the normal Republican? Most GOP senate candidates are running ahead of Donald Trump. Can we "all go back and pretend it never happened" Josh Barro asks? In the vice presidential debate, did GOP candidate Mike Pence win the debate because he did not defend Donald Trump's positions? How will the second presidential debate on Sunday differ from the first? If Donald Trump hasn't paid taxes for two decades, what does that say about his belief in government services? Plus, the politics of Hurricane Matthew.

    Josh Barro (Business Insider) moderates from the Center. Rich Lowry (National Review) is on the Right. On the Left, Gene Sperling (Economic advisor to Presidents Clinton & Obama and candidate Hillary Clinton). Juliette Kayyem (Host of the WGBH News podcast Security Mom, author of Security Mom, former Assistant Secretary at DHS and advisor at DOJ) is our special guest.

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    • Lowry on the year of the normal candidate

    • What we know -- and don't know -- about Trump's taxes ('To the Point' interview)

    • LRC Live (October 20)

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      Josh Barro

      Former host of Left, Right & Center

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      Rich Lowry

      National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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      Gene Sperling

      Clinton campaign

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      Laura Dine Million

      Producer, 'Left, Right and Center'

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