Tweeting the vice presidential debate

Politics | Jamie Dean

As you watch tonight's vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky., between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, follow the running commentary from WORLD news editor Jamie Dean on Twitter (@WORLD_mag) and posted below (refresh this page to see the latest tweets):

Biden accidentally interposes the words "Planned Parenthood" and "abortion." #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden: Catholic groups won't have to pay for contraception. Ryan: Then why are they suing you? #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden: I accept that life begins at conception, but I refuse to impose that on others.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden: "My religion defines who I am."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan: ObamaCare assaults religious liberties. The church should not have to sue the govt to maintain religious liberty.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan: I'm pro-life because of my faith, reason, and science. "I believe that life begins at conception." #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan: "Our faith informs everything we do." VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden on Afghanistan: "We will be out in 2014." Ryan agrees with timeline, but says it's not absolute: We need to listen to our commanders.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Moderator presses Ryan on specific plans for lowering tax rates: He's not spelling out the math. #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan on taxes: There aren't enough rich people to tax to pay for Obama admin spending. #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Awkward moments: Ryan asks an indignant Biden to stop interrupting. #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan on Romney's 47 % remarks: I think the vice pres knows the words don't always come out of your mouth the way you want.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden's body language: Laugh off the opposition. #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan: If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, "everyone in the neighborhood" in the Middle East will pursue the same.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Moderator to Biden: You're acting a little bit like Iran doesn't really want to get a nuclear weapon.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden contends Iran isn't that close to getting a nuclear weapon. #VPDebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden asks Ryan on Iran: "Do you want to go to war?" Ryan replies: "We want to prevent war."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Moderator Raddatz doesn't let up on Biden and Libya. #vpdebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden calls Ryan's points on foreign policy "malarkey."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan: "What we are watching on our TV screens is the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy."
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Ryan's response: Obama's taking two weeks to call Libya attack terrorism is a failure.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Biden on Libya: A "tragedy," not an intelligence failure.
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Debate prep has been intense: Ryan began the day after his speech at the RNC. Biden's also been preparing for weeks. #vpdebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

Veep debate begins with odds on GOP: Poll say 40 % believe Ryan will win. 34 % favor Biden. #vpdebate
— WORLD Magazine (@WORLD_mag) October 12, 2012

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