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    The Biden-Palin Debate

    Last night's vice-presidential debate will be old news by Tuesday, when John McCain and Barack Obama face off again . In the meantime, both national campaigns are breathing sighs of relief after neither Sarah Palin nor Joe Biden made a major mistake. For both sides that's good news of a kind.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Last night's vice-presidential debate will be old news by Tuesday, when John McCain and Barack Obama face off again. In the meantime, both national campaigns are breathing sighs of relief after neither Sarah Palin nor Joe Biden made a major mistake. For both sides that's good news of a kind. We hear excerpts and compare performances with expectations.

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    Congress Reverses Itself, Bailout Goes to the White House
    1. 1:46Is the Economy Grinding to a Halt?
    2. 7:47The Biden-Palin DebateYou’re reading this
    3. 23:42Bailout Bill Goes to the White House
    4. 44:07A 'Novel' Approach to Debt
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Kathryn Jean Lopez

      Editor, National Review Online

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      Jonathan Raban

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Congress Reverses Itself, Bailout Goes to the White House
    1. 1:46Is the Economy Grinding to a Halt?
    2. 7:47The Biden-Palin DebateYou’re reading this
    3. 23:42Bailout Bill Goes to the White House
    4. 44:07A 'Novel' Approach to Debt
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