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Vice Presidential Debate Open Thread

This year's only vice presidential debate is tonight. I thought I'd create an open thread for readers to weigh in before, during, and after the big showdown.

The stage is set for tonights vice presidential debate scheduled at Longwood University Oct. 4, 2016 in Farmville, Va. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty)
The stage is set for tonights vice presidential debate scheduled at Longwood University Oct. 4, 2016 in Farmville, Va. Getty Images

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."