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    The vice-presidential candidates' debate

    Mike Pence and Tim Kaine surprised the prognosticators in last night's vice presidential debate, introducing themselves to the voting public with a lively set of exchanges. Will it make any difference in the presidential campaign?

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    By Warren Olney • Oct 5, 2016 • 9m Listen

    Mike Pence and Tim Kaine surprised the prognosticators in last night's vice presidential debate, introducing themselves to the voting public with a lively set of exchanges. Will it make any difference in the presidential campaign?

    This year's vice presidential candidates were limited to just one debate in the campaign for the White House. They are both experienced political pros: former Congressman Mike Pence, now Republican Governor of Indiana, and Tim Kaine, former Democratic Governor of Virginia, now in the US Senate. David Weigel, who is covering the vice presidential nominees for the Washington Post, has an analysis.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Elizabeth Segal

      freelance journalist

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      David Weigel

      Washington Post

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Reality Check: Military spending and national security
    1. 1:57Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti
    2. 8:51Reality Check: politics and the military
    3. 43:39The vice-presidential candidates' debateYou’re reading this
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