One Down Three to Go: Presidential Debate Schedule 2012
The first debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney will be held Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Central Time.
The second debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is at 8 p.m., Oct. 16. Check below for more information on that debate and the rest of the debates leading up to Election Day.
TV Channels Broadcasting Live: FOX (KMSP), NBC (KARE), CBS (WCCO), ABC (KSTP), PBS (TPT), CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, CNBC and CSPAN
Live Streaming Online: You Tube's Election Hub
Live Chat with Twin Cities Residents During the Debates: Lakeville Patch Neighborhood Chat Room
Comic Relief: Name-calling debate on YouTube, New York Times cartoon, Democalypse 2012 from The Daily Show, Obama vs. Romney on SNL
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COMPLETE October 3, 2012 |
Topic: Domestic policy Air Time: 8-9:30 p.m. Central 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. |
| October 11, 2012 Vice Presidential |
Topic: Foreign and domestic policy Air Time: 8-9:30 p.m. Central Time Location: Centre College in Danville, Kentucky (Tickets) Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates Participants: Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan Moderator: Martha Raddatz (ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent) The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening 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 question. |
| October 16, 2012 |
Topic: Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy Air Time: 8-9:30 p.m. Central Time Location: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York (Tickets) Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Moderator: Candy Crowley (CNN Chief Political Correspondent) The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond, and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion. The town meeting participants will be undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization. |
| October 22, 2012 |
Topic: Foreign policy Air Time: 8-9:30 p.m. Central Time Location: Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida (Tickets) Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Moderator: Bob Schieffer (Host of Face the Nation on CBS) The format for the debate will be identical to the first presidential debate and will focus on foreign policy. |
Get a recap of who's running in the 2012 Presidential Election and explore past debates on 2012PresidentialElectionNews.com.
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Darbie Vos
12:21 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Okay mr president you may have cut taxes but because you messed everything else up how are families able to "buy a new car" when gas is close to 4.50 a gallon all of the money that families are getting from these tax cuts aren't gaining anything because under you mr president prices have raised in almost every other department so no you haven't helped "middle class families" at all now let's get someone in office that actually knows how to create jobs not destroy them! Mitt Romney is what we need to move forward!