INDIANAPOLIS,
3
IN JUST A FEW HOURS, VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TIM
KAINE AND MIKE PENCE WILL GO
HEAD TO HEAD IN FARMVILLE,
VIRGINIA.NEWS 18'S KAYLA
SULLIVAN REPORTS WHAT YOU CAN
EXPECT FROM AN EXPERT'S POINT
OF VIEW AND WHAT ONE LOCAL
VOTER HOPES TO GET FROM
TONIGHT'S DEBATE.#@KAYLA:
DECIDING THE COUNTRY'S LEADER
IS A SERIOUS MATTER... BUT IN
THIS YEAR'S ELECTION...BEAU
DELAET: "I THINK IT'S BECOME
MORE OF A JOKE WITH EVERYONE
I'VE TALKED TO,"NAT OF BOXES
KAYLA: YOU CAN SEE IT IN
POPULAR HALLOWEEN
MERCHANDISING.NAT "BABY DONALD
TRUMP,"KAYLA: BUT THE ELECTION
CLOCK IS TICKING... AND DELAET
SAYS IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS.
DELAET: "WE NEED THE FACTS, WE
DON'T NEED THE MUD THAT KEEPS
FLYING EVERYWHERE,"KAYLA:
COULD THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE SWAY HIS VOTE?DELAET:
"IT DEFINITELY COULD, YES."
KAYLA: PURDUE POLITICAL
SCIENCE PROFESSOR JAY MCCANN
SAYS THAT'S WHAT KAINE AND
PENCE WILL BE BANKING ON.
MCCANN: "YOU DON'T WANT TO
MAKE YOURSELF A STORY, IF YOU
CAN AVOID IT,"KAYLA: VP'S WILL
FOCUS ON THEIR CANDIDATE'S
MAIN MESSAGE. BUT ONE MAY HAVE
TO WORK HARDER THAN THE OTHER.
MCCANN: "I THINK GOVERNOR
PENCE HAS MORE EXPLAINING TO
DO,"KAYLA: WITHTRUMP'S RECENT
TAX RETURN AND MISS UNIVERSE
CONTROVERSY, ALL EYES WILL BE
ON PENCE WHILE KAINE GETS TO
STAY ON THE OFFENSIVE.MCCANN:
"TRYING TO PUT FORWARD PLANS
FOR PRE-K INVESTMENT AND CHILD
EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE AND
OTHER KINDS OF ISSUES THAT
WOULD RESONATE WITH A LOT OF
VOTERS PARTICULARLY SWING
VOTERS,"KAYLA: AND IF PENCE
WANTS TRUMP TO TAKE BACK THE
POLLS..MCCANN: "WHAT HE NEEDS
TO DO IS IDENTIFY HIMSELF AS A
REASONABLY MINDED CHANGE AGENT
WHO IS OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON
AND CAN COME IN AND YOU KNOW
SORT OF REINVENT GOVERNMENT IN
NEW WAYS,"DELAET: "I KNOW A
LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY
SUPPORT EITHER CANDIDATE,"
KAYLA: AND RIGHT NOW, DELAET
IS ONE OF THEM. BUT HE HAS
HIGH HOPES FOR TONIGHT.DELAET:
"MIGHT BE A TURNING POINT FOR
THE ELECTION,"KAYLA: OR AT
LEAST ONE CAN HOPE. REPORTING
IN WEST LAFAYETTE, KAYLA
SULLIVAN, NEWS 18.@#THE LATEST
CBS NEWS POLL FINDS SEVEN OUT
OF 10 VOTERS PLAN TO TUNE IN.
THE DEBATE KICKS OFF AT NINE
IN FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA... YOU
CAN WATCH IT HERE ON WLFI OR
