October 11, 2012 4:05PM 

# 2012 Vice Presidential Debate Live Blog 

By Zach Graves 

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Join us **Thursday, October 11th at 8:45 PM** **ET** for live commentary during the debate between vice presidential candidates Paul Ryan and Joe Biden.

Tweet questions during the debate to the live blog participants below:

- [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz), Executive Vice President ([@David\_Boaz](https://twitter.com/david_boaz))
- [Daniel J. Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-mitchell), Senior Fellow ([@DanielJMitchell](http://twitter.com/danieljmitchell))
- [Daniel J. Ikenson](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-ikenson), Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies ([@DIkenson](http://twitter.com/dikenson))
- [Malou Innocent](https://www.cato.org/people/malou-innocent), Foreign Policy Analyst ([@MalouInnocent](http://twitter.com/malouinnocent))
- [Michael D. Tanner](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-tanner), Senior Fellow ([@MTannerCato](http://twitter.com/mtannercato))
- [Alex Nowrasteh](https://www.cato.org/people/alex-nowrasteh), Immigration Policy Analyst ([@AlexNowrasteh](http://www.twitter.com/alexnowrasteh))
- [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson), Senior Fellow ([@WalterOlson](http://twitter.com/walterolson))
- [Neal McCluskey](https://www.cato.org/people/neal-mccluskey), Associate Director, Center for Educational Freedom ([@NealMcCluskey](http://twitter.com/nealmccluskey))
- [Michael Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-cannon), Director of Health Policy Studies ([@MFCannon](twitter.com/mfcannon))

Follow the Twitter list of all live blog participants [here](https://twitter.com/i/#!/CatoInstitute/vp-debate-2012). You can also join the conversation with the hashtag **\#VPDebate** and by following [@CatoInstitute](https://twitter.com/#!/CatoInstitute) and [@CatoFP](http://twitter.com/catofp).

\*\*\*UPDATE: Watch the full debate video [here](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50132990n).\*\*\*

##### Related Tags 

[General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) 

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