Ideological Opposites Prepare to Meet in Debate

Ideological Opposites Prepare to Meet in Debate
By.Trip Gabriel
9-9-12
 Most interesting takeaway: As Biden and Ryan are so different in their ideals, it will be interesting to see how they debate against one another.

 " liquidated."- when a companies assets and/or money are redistributed among the company itself. typically happens when a business is closing.
 "He accused him of ignoring the fact that Mr. Obama’s auto industry bailout saved a million jobs, while Mitt Romney opposed it. “G.M. wouldn't have been reorganized,” he said. “It would have been liquidated.”

 "blue-collar workers"-a member of the working class who performs manual labor. Mr. Ryan and Mr. Biden, who are scheduled to be in Wisconsin on back-to-back days this week, emphasize their personal biographies to connect to blue-collar workers in Midwestern states hit hard by the financial crisis. Mr. Ryan’s hometown, Janesville, Wis., may now be best known for an auto plant whose closing he has pinned on the president.

 "Ambivalence"- to have both negative and positive feelings towards a person or event. For Mr. Ryan, his House budget proposal for $5.3 trillion in cuts over 10 years, a majority from programs for low-income Americans, has erased any ambivalence by the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party to embrace Mr. Romney. 

Connection to our class:
In our class we've been studying and keeping up on the day to day of american politics.

 Deeper Questions:
I wonder how Romney and Obama will deal with the outcome of the debate.
Will a win for either side in this debate almost guarantee a win for Romney or Obama?