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October 12, 2012 at 4:40 am #35519FanaticMember
Tonight Vice President Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) and Rep. Paul Ryan (@PaulRyanVP) squared off for the quadrennial Vice Presidential debate. Citizens tuned in to watch or listen and tweet, sharing their opinions on the evening’s exchanges. In total, 4 million Tweets were sent concerning tonight’s debate, 3.5 million of which occurred during the 92 minutes of live action.
Of those 4 million Tweets, 26% were about foreign policy; 21% discussed the economy; and 16% were regarding taxes. However, several of the moments that inspired the most Tweets per minute were quips the candidates made. Tonight’s top Tweets per minute (TPM) peaks were:
– Biden: “Now you’re Jack Kennedy?” (58,275 TPM)
– Ryan: “They got caught with their hand in the cookie jar turning Medicare into a piggy bank for Obamacare.” (55,540 TPM)
– Biden discussing the timeline for leaving Afghanistan (54,944)The full timeline of conversation and notable moments can be seen below (click to enlarge):
While the unexpected star of the Presidential debate turned out to be Big Bird, tonight’s buzzword was malarkey, which generated 31,008 Tweets per minute. Another notable figure of the evening: moderator Martha Raddatz (@MarthaRaddatz), Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for ABC. Viewers expressed their delight in her moderating skills:
I vote for Martha Raddatz to moderate all the debates. #vpdebate
— Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) October 12, 2012Now she’s arrived. @martharaddatz gets a Louisville Slugger. Secret Service note, she won’t bring it on stage. #debates twitter.com/rickklein/stat…
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) October 11, 2012Political insiders and pundits closely followed the discussion and shared their views:
Tough sell for Biden to defend Afghanistan policy when he argued so long and hard against it.#vpdebate
— Ron Elving (@relving) October 12, 2012Great tactic by #Biden, talking directly to seniors down the camera lens. #PMTdebate
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 12, 2012Ryan hits Obama for doing the View instead of meeting with Bibi
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 12, 2012Ryan’s answer is focusing more on the Libya question than Biden, who pivoted to foreign policy successes.
— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) October 12, 2012Joe Biden won – not because he was aggressive which he was – but because he didn’t let Ryan get away with making stuff up. #VPDebate
— Hilary Rosen (@hilaryr) October 12, 2012Yes, we saw your frustration, @joebiden, but it was with Ryan taking him to cleaners.
— Karl Rove (@KarlRove) October 12, 2012Where were the Presidential candidates while their running mates debated in Danville? Twitter was full of pictures showing how the campaigns and tonight’s VIPs experienced the debate:
PHOTO: @mittromney debate contest winner Christine watches the debate w/ the Gov over pizza #RomneyRyan2012 #tcot twitter.com/ZacMoffatt/sta…
— Zac Moffatt (@ZacMoffatt) October 12, 2012President Obama watched the VP Debate on CNN on board Air Force One. See this WH Photo. #CNNDebate twitter.com/SamFeistCNN/st…
— Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) October 12, 2012With my son and his friend on stage after the debate! twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz/…
— Martha Raddatz (@MarthaRaddatz) October 12, 2012Great Reuters photo of Paul Ryan giving his son a high five after the debate. twitpic.com/b3a7rb
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 12, 2012We’ll be back again in just five days for next Tuesday’s town hall debate between the @BarackObama and @MittRomney.
Posted by Adam Sharp, Head of Government, News and Social Innovation (@adams)
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