[applause] mr. bruno: democratic senator al gore. [applause] mr. bruno: and retired vice admiral james stockdale, who is the vice presidential nominee [applause] mr. bruno: for independent candidate ross perot. [applause] mr. bruno: now, the ground rules for tonight s debate. each candidate will have two minutes for an opening statement. i will then present the issues to be discussed. for each topic, the candidates will have a minute and 15 seconds to respond. then this will be followed by a five minute discussion period in which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. now, the order of response has been determined by a drawing and we ll rotate with each topic. at the end of the debate, each candidate will have two minutes for a closing statement. our radio and tv audience should know that the candidates were given an equal allocation of auditorium seats for their supporters. so i d like to ask the audience here in the theater to please refrain from applau
[applause] and retired feiss admiral james stockdale, the vice presidential nominee to independent candidate ross perot. now the ground rules for tonight s debate each candidate will have two minutes for an opening statement. i will present the issues to be discussed. for each topic, candidates will have one minute and 15 seconds to respond, followed by a five-minute discussion in which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. the order of response has been determined by a drawing, and we will rotate with each topic. at the end of the debate, each two minutesll have for a closing statement. our radio and tv audience should know the candidates were given an equal allocation of auditorium space for their supporters, so i would like to ask the audience in the theater to refrain from applause or partisan demonstration once the debate is under way because it takes attention away from the candidates. with that plea from your let s turn first to senator gore for his
diverse background of of policy and of partisanship, all coming together at this time, recognizing he is the man that we need to leave lead in these next four years, because these are tumultuous times. we have got to win the wars. we have got to get our economy back on track. we have got to not allow the greed and corruption on wall street anymore. and we have not got to allow the partisanship that has really been entrenched in washington, d.c., no matter who s been in charge. when the republicans were in charge, i didn t see a lot of progress there, either. when the democrats, either, though, this last go- around for the last two years. change is coming. and john mccain is the leader of that reform. senator. i ll be very brief. can i respond to that? look, the maverick let s talk about the maverick john mccain is. and, again, i love him. he s been a maverick on some issues, but he has been no maverick on the things that matter to people s lives. he voted four out o
the year. these are just two of the kinds of success stories we can see more of with the right kind of tax reform. why don t you join me in welcoming those two great business stories? they are with us tonight. thanks for making indiana the state that works. [applause] governor pence: we have to do more than improve our tax code to get this economy moving again. because roads me need jobs because roads need jobs we need highway expansion and put hoosiers back to work keeping us as the crossroads of america. and because indiana is agriculture, we need a permanent fix to the soil productivity factor. we need to encourage public and private investment to improve the quality of life in our cities. that is the indiana way to a growing future. and that way also means standing up to washington, d.c. from time to time. most hoosiers did not like washington intruding on their health care long before it became a reality. now more people know why we were right to stand up to the govern