october 3 about the preparation for those debates on both sides saying the obama campaign wants to set a lobar for the president's performance, reflecting in part his debating skills are weaker than his other political assets. we want to invite you to watch and engage in the debates with c-span. we have set up a page and information concerning all of the vice-presidential debate and debates. you can see these debates, comment on them. you can also listen to them live on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. that is part of campaign 2012 coverage. for more information go to our web site. hello, this is maryann. caller: i want to thank c-span. i was up and watched the paul ryan speech to the aarp and i thought it was very good. i have not had an opportunity to hear that speech. i guess i was really impressed by the plan that they have. i cannot understand how people can think obamacare can work. if you do not strengthen the economy and have people making money to invest money to give to these programs, how is it going to work? host: what is it above the/the ryan approach that is appeal