When is the Biden vs. Ryan Vice Presidential Debate?

What many observers are calling a lackluster presidential debate earlier this week has raised the stakes of the only vice presidential debate, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11, at Centre College in Danville, KY.

Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan will debate for an hour and one-half on Thursday, beginning at 8 p.m. CDT.

Iowa's influential Republicans seem happy enough with Mitt Romney's decision to make Ryan his vice-presidential running mate, but they have doubts about the ticket's ability to attract all-important swing voters in this crucial swing state, according to a Red Iowa survey conducted immediately following Romney's announcement.

Wall Street Journal editors and reporters said in Friday’s “Roundtable” that Biden’s mandate to be combative is “overwhelming” and that he needs to demand specifics about claims Republican nominee Mitt Romney made Wednesday, including one that there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit.

Biden needs to question Romney’s math, “which the president skated up to and then pulled back from,” said Jerry Seib, Journal bureau chief.

They expect Ryan to play a “truth squad” role, something Romney did to a limited extent, and bring energy to the debate.

With the Nov. 6 election a month away, Romney still has time to close the narrow margin separating the two campaigns.

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Vice Presidential Debate
Date: Thursday, Oct. 11.
Time: 8 to 9:30 p.m. (central).
Where: Centre College in Danville, KY.
Who: Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan.
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, ABC News chief foreign correspondent.
Topic: Foreign and domestic policy.