The Commission on Presidential Debates announced today that ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz will be moderating the Vice Presidential Debate this fall between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.ABC’s Martha Raddatz Named Moderator for Vice Presidential Debate on October 11 - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/08/abcs-martha-raddatz-named-moderator-for-vice-presidential-debate-on-october-11/)

More to come....

As I'm not personally familiar with this lady I had to do a bit of research. I did mention in another post that the debate between Biden and Ryan would probably focus on Biden's supposedly foreign affairs cred.

If she's like all the other LSM 'reporters', she won't be able to keep her biases out of the questioning.
Despite her worldview, Ms. Raddatz is very much a denizen of the Beltway culture, having been married to three well-known Washington figures. Tom Gjelten (http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/01/30/npr-cia-says-sites-that-never-existed-now-closed/), her husband of the past 15 years, is a correspondent for National Public Radio; Julius Genachowski (http://www.fair.org/blog/2010/12/02/nyt-defining-internet-openness-downward/), her second husband, was a law school classmate of President Obama and is now chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Her first marriage was to Ben Bradlee Jr., son of the legendary Washington Post editor–a relationship that propelled her into a gossip column dust-up earlier this year.Martha Raddatz, Insider War Correspondent#|#NYTimes eXaminer (http://www.nytexaminer.com/2011/11/martha-raddatz-insider-war-correspondent/)

well, here's the left's first debate rigging...

well, here's the left's first debate rigging...

Let me be the first to critique the debate.
Biden appeared relaxed and in good spirits, his answers were to the point and showed a great knowledge in all areas

Ryan stumbled through all of the answers, breaking into a sweat a number of times while looking around for an answer. He was unable to answer even the most basic of questions when it came to finance or foreign affairs.

At least, thats what I figure the media will come up with.

madcow will call him an idiot.
he will be compared to President Bush in an attempt to make people think that voting for a Romney/Ryan ticket would be the same as begging President Bush to come back in and mess up all of the wonderful progress made by obama and his idiot filled administration.

The thought of Biden one heartbeat (or one bicycle fall) away from the Presidency turns my stomach into knots. The liberals criticize Ryan for not having enough private sector experience (more than Obama) AND not enough time in the government sector (makes no sense to me).

Ryan is used to going head to head to explain his ideas, so perhaps he'll come off fine. It would take a major mistake to look like an idiot against Biden.

Tom Gjelten, her husband of the past 15 years, is a correspondent for National Public Radio
Julius Genachowski, her second husband, was a law school classmate of President Obama and is now chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Her first marriage was to Ben Bradlee Jr., son of the legendary Washington Post editor–a relationship that propelled her into a gossip column dust-up earlier this year.

Let me be the first to pronounce her COMPLETELY IMPARTIAL AND UNBIASED :yay:

Actually, I see them training up Biden to go for the absurd things to say in order to facilitate humor and distract people from the fact he is tanking in the debate. The media will just paint it as that ol' Joe - always talking that way.

Honestly, this will likely be the best debate in the past few elections in my mind. It stands the best chance for some good quotes/drama.

I was kinda surprised the LSM found a classmate of Obama's who actually remembered him.

Ah, yes, from the basketball court!