The Note: Debate Expectations -- Veep Edition

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. October 4, 2016 MORE POLITICS > Debate Expectations -- Veep Edition Five Storylines to Watch Tonight Tonight marks a moment in the presidential campaign that is not squarely focused on the presidential hopefuls, but rather, on their running mates. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence are facing off at the vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia tonight and there are several important story lines to keep in mind. Here are five of them, courtesy of ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY: http://abcn.ws/2dFkJ7x READ MORE   Today on the Trail With ABC's Ryan Struyk Hillary Clinton will be in Pennsylvania today where her four-point advantage in yesterday's Quinnipiac University poll falls inside the survey's margin of error. She'll be with her daughter Chelsea for two events at noon and this afternoon. Clinton had been on the attack yesterday, saying Trump "gets confused between leadership and dictatorship" and blasting him over "contributing nothing to our nation" in taxes. Meanwhile, Donald Trump will host a rally in Arizona this afternoon, trying to lock down that light red state. Clinton's surrogates are also out in full force today across a series of crucial battleground states: Bill Clinton is in Ohio, Bernie Sanders is in Minnesota, Elizabeth Warren is in Nevada and Michelle Obama is in North Carolina. Each has an event or two throughout the day. Analysis - ABC's Rick Klein Let's dispense with the quadrennial rhetorical before anyone gets to Farmville: Why can't these guys be at the top of the ticket? There's no real answer because there is no system or system of rewards in modern politics that serves to boost the national prospects of men with resumes and temperaments as predictable, even if they are impressive, as those of Tim Kaine and Mike Pence. So it's worth taking them as they are: Two 50-something white guys with three kids who've been in Congress and served as governor – and were chosen to run for vice president by presidential candidates who needed many things out of them, though surely not pizzazz. None of that makes them, or their debate, unimportant. Thinking back to why they were chosen, and the importance to both Clinton and Trump of engaging their bases, policy will matter for 90 minutes at Longwood University on Tuesday night. Perhaps just as importantly, Kaine and Pence will have the ability to set up new storylines for the next presidential debate, as they take rare shots at dominating a few news cycles. How Pence Prepared Though Donald Trump boasted he hadn't spent much time getting ready for his first head-to-head debate with Hillary Clinton, his running mate Mike Pence evidently took a different approach preparing for his own big night. "I am doing a little preparation for it. And a little bit more traditional than my running mate," Pence told radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt last week. Tonight, the Republican vice presidential candidate will face his Democratic counterpart Tim Kaine on the debate stage for the first and only time of this election cycle. According to a Pence aide, Pence has been preparing for the debate "since the night he received the call from Mr. Trump," reports ABC's INES DE LA CUETARA. http://abcn.ws/2dqk9fU READ MORE   How Kaine Prepared As Tim Kaine prepares to walk onto the biggest political stage of his life at the vice presidential debate tonight, insiders and a former rival say one of his strongest assets will be the same thing that has helped him through a 22-year political career: his likability. He seems to know that too. As he left Mass on Sunday in Richmond, Virginia, Hillary Clinton's running mate told reporters that on Tuesday he just has to "be myself." "I'm calm," Kaine said of his upcoming debate with GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence. "Things work out the way they are supposed to." But behind the calm is intense preparation. ABC's JESSICA HOPPER has more. http://abcn.ws/2dKDZVZ READ MORE   By the Numbers -- Clinton Pulls Ahead of Trump After Debate Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has pulled ahead of Donald Trump after the first presidential debate, according to a new national poll. Clinton earns 47 percent support vs. 42 percent support for Trump in the CNN/ORC survey released on Monday afternoon. According to ABC's RYAN STRUYK, Clinton's support climbed slightly after the debate from a neck-and-neck match-up last month. Another national poll from CBS News also shows Clinton with a slight lead, 45 percent vs. 41 percent. http://abcn.ws/2dDn03e READ MORE   Trump Under Fire for Comments on Veterans With PTSD Donald Trump is getting flak for an answer he gave on what he would do to address issues around post-traumatic stress disorder and suicides by military veterans. "When people come back from war and combat, and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over, and you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it," Trump said, speaking Monday morning at a panel for the Retired American Warriors PAC in Virginia. ABC's VERONICA STRACQUALURSI and ADAM KELSEY have more: http://abcn.ws/2dn9XWs READ MORE   FOLLOW ABC NEWS You Might Like This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. 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