Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast here with another edition of our weekly episode

of Listener Mail, where we spend time answering your questions about the issues, about what

we see on the campaign trail, about anything else you're curious about.

I'm Scott Tattreau, I cover the campaign.

I'm Domenico Montenarro, political editor.

And I'm Daniel Kurtz, I've been political reporter.

As usual, you're hearing this on Monday, October 3rd, but we're taping this the Friday

before, so if there's any big weekend news, any big weekend tweets, don't worry, we'll

be back in your podcast feed to talk about it soon.

And tomorrow night is the Vice Presidential debate.

We'll have a quick take for you on the candidates Tim Cain and Mike Pence later today.

And we've gotten a lot of debate related questions this week, so we'll answer some of those

questions today too.

All right, you guys ready?

Let's do it.

All right, let's do it.

Let's start with a recorded question from Rod in British Columbia, Canada.

Hey, I'm PR Politics team, it's Rod Phillips calling from Victoria, BC, Canada.

Love the show.

In fact, I must check my feed at least four or five times on Thursday.

I can't wait.

Anyway, my question is about the presidential debate.

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