In 1988 republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and democratic Vice President ial candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated in omaha, nebraska. A panel of four journalists asked questions of the candidate. Good evening. On behalf of the commission on president ial debates, im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss Mcneil Newshour and frontline. My colleagues are John Margolis of chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts, both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. Based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50 50 chance one of the two men herep to t tonight will welcome president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. For the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidate
Good morning thank you for being here. We are honored to have congressman raskin here to lead us through the legislation which is so very important so prepare so for a civics lesson or a lesson on the constitutional United States the 24th amendment to the constitution was ratified with the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support. Congress has a duty to take all necessary action with that continuity of government and with that democracy for the future that is why a today it is my honor to welcome congressman a constitutional scholar jamie raskin from maryland introducing legislation to establish a commissiono to discharge the duties facing the judgment of the voters which shows the need for us to create a process for future president s and then to strengthen the guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability and continuity of government in times of crisis the 20th amendment has a path if the president suffers a crippling problem and is unable to discharge t
Stream or ondemand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. In 1988, republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated while a panelist asked questions of the candidates. Good evening. Im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss newshour and front line. My colleagues on the panel are john margoules of the chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and britt hume of abc news. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50 50 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [ cheers and applause ] for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates, following a format
Growth in his mouth. The author of the book the president is a sick man which recounts the surgery being performed on a yacht and the president disappearing for five days. Home run, im david cowen, president of the museum of American Finance. Welcome. Welcome back to our lunch and learn series. Welcome to the university of central ork and professional allen and. The okies are in the house. Thank you for coming. Join us next week on the 26th, were going to continue the lunch and learn series. Director of rothschild will be here melanie aspy. That should be fascinating, this is a historic banking house, again, on thursday. On the 24th, tuesday upcoming, well be screening rediscovering alexander hamilton. This is the pbs documentary recently released. All your questions about the movie can be answered because the producer director will be in the house. Now, turning our attention to today and Matthew Algeo and the president is a sick man. This is matthews third book. His second, Harry Trum
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