in 1988 republican vice presidential candidate dan quayle and democratic vice presidential 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 presidential debates, i m pleased to welcome you to this vice presidential debate. i m judy woodruff of pbs s 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 tonight s 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
stream or ondemand at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. your place for an unfiltered view of politics. in 1988, republican vice presidential candidate dan quayle and candidate lloyd bentsen debated while a panelist asked questions of the candidates. good evening. i m pleased to welcome you to this vice presidential debate. i m judy woodruff of pbs s 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, f
tribune, tom brokaw of nbc, and brit hume of abc news. the importance of tonight s 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. 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. [applause] judy woodruff: for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. however, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask this evening. by prior agreement between the two candidates, the first question goes to senator quayle, and you have two minutes to respond. senator, you have been criticized, as we all know, for your decision to stay out of the
good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. i am dorothy ridings, president the legal woman voters. sponsor of the vice presidential debate between republican george bush and democrat gerald dean perot. our panelists tonight are john mashek, national correspondent for u.s. news and world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarles, a correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, washington bureau chief for night bitter newspapers. sander vanocur, senior corps responded for abc news is our moderator. thank you dorothy. a few thing about the order of the format tonight. at the order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. congresswoman ferraro one, she wants to speak last. vice president bush will get the first question. the debate will be built on a series of questions from the reporters on the panel. a reporter will ask a candidate question. a follow-up question. and then the same to the other candidate. each candidat
facts. 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 two. there is almost a fifty fifty 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 -for the next ninety minutes will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. however there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask deceiving. by prior agreement between the two candidates the first question goes to senator quayle. and you have two minutes to respond. senator you have been criticized as we all know for your decision to stay out of the vietnam war . or your poor academic record. but more troubling to some of the comments that have been made by people in your own party just lastly former secretary of sta