The debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney today marks the first time the two candidates will be able to challenge each other directly on the economic issues that have been the focus of the presidential campaign.
determine how each candidate will fare. Romney will be on offense while Obama will be on defense Each debate will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, as well as all cable news channels including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC among others.
Live Stream – Each debate will be streamed live online.
Topic: Domestic policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time (2am Nig Time)
Location: University of Denver in Denver, Colorado (Tickets)
Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
Moderator: Jim Lehrer (Host of NewsHour on PBS)
The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate.
The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic.
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