VP Debate Video

- Date of debate: October 2, 2008
- Democratic candidate: Joe Biden
- Republican candidate: Sarah Palin
- Moderator: Gwen Ifill
- Length of debate: Approximately 90 minutes

The 2008 Vice-Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin occurred on October 2, 2008. In the debate, Biden and Palin discussed a wide range of issues, including the $700 billion bailout bill, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, gay marriage and the role of the Vice-President.
Order of Questions or Topics Discussed
1. Is Bailout Bill the best of Washington or worst of Washington?
2. How would you work to shrink this gap of polarization that has sprung up in Washington?
3. Who was at fault in subprime lending meltdown?
4. Health care plans
5. What promises have you and your campaigns made to the American people that you are not going to be able to keep?
6. Would you have supported the bill Congress passed last year that made it difficult for debt-strapped mortgage holders to declare bankruptcy?
7. What is true and false about the causes of climate change?
8. Do you support granting benefits to same-sex couples and do you support gay marriage?
9. What should be our Iraq exit strategy?
10. What's a greater threat: a nuclear Iran or an unstable Afghanistan?
11. Do you think former secretaries of state are wrong when they say we should engage with our enemies?
12. What has the administration done right or wrong in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is a two-state solution the solution?
13. What should be the trigger when nuclear weapons come into play?
14. Do you believe in intervention in foreign crises?
15. How would your administration be different from the administration of your running mate?
16. What is the role of the vice-president?
17. What are your weaknesses and why?
18. Can you think of a single issue in which you had to change long-held views to accommodate current circumstances?
19. Final statements

VP Debate Video News
- MSNBC: The Biden-Palin Debate (October 2, 2008)
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VP Debate Video Excerpts
- MSNBC: An Agreement on Gay Rights (Time: 2:50) (October 2, 2008)
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- MSNBC: The Causes of Climate Change? {Time: 5:31) (October 2, 2008)
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- MSNBC: Iraq Exit Strategy (Time: 5:34) (October 2, 2008)
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- MSNBC: Biden or Palin Administration? (Time: 5:26) (October 2, 2008)
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- MSNBC: Closing Statements (Time: 3:30) (October 2, 2008)
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