AdvertisementIs The V.P. Debate A Sideshow Or Something More?October 09, 2012Ken RudinfacebookEmailSen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) shakes hands with Sen. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) before their vice presidential debate at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Neb., on Oct. 5, 1988. (AP)