With about five weeks to the 2012 Presidential Elections. The two presidential candidates gear up for their first presidential debate on 3 October. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will take on incumbent president and 2012 Democratic nominee Barrack Obama Wednesday night. All major broadcast networks ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox will be showing the debates live. In addition, CNN, C-Span, and other Cable Channels will also be covering the events.
The debates consist of three presidential debates and one debate between the vice-president nominees Joe Biden (Democrat) and Paul Ryan (Republican).
Below is a list of the date and time of the debates:
Wednesday, October 3
Who: Presidential Candidates Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney
Time: 9-10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time
Place: University of Denver in Denver, Colorado
Topic: Domestic Policy
Moderator: Jim Lehrer, Host of NewsHour on PBS
This will be the first of three debates between President Barrack Obama and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. The two candidates will talk about domestic policy. The debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments, in which Lehrer will chose questions from a topic of his choice. Each candidate will be given two minutes to answer.
Thursday, October 11
Who: Vice-Presidential Nominees Joe Biden and Paul Ryan
Time: 9-10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time
Place: Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
Topic: Domestic and Foreign Policies
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent
This will be a debate between the VP candidates, which will be divided into nine segments of 10 minutes each. The same rule applies as the presidential debate in respect to the topic and time given to each candidate. Also it is noteworthy that this will be the first presidential debate in 20 years in which a woman will be a moderator.
Tuesday, October 16
Who: Presidential Candidates Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney
Time: 9-10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time
Place: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
Topic: Domestic and Foreign Policy
Moderator: Candy Crowley, Chief Political Correspondent for CNN
This debate will be conducted in a town-hall meeting format. Here a number of undecided voters selected by The Gallup Organization, responsible for conducting election polls, will be given an opportunity to ask each candidate questions on both domestic and foreign policies.
Monday, October 22
Who: Presidential Candidates Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney
Time: 9-10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time
Place: Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida
Topic: Foreign Policy
Moderator: Bob Schieffer, Host of Face the Nation on CBS
This will be the last of three debates between Obama and Romney before voters head to cast their ballots on November 6. The two candidates will talk about domestic policy. The debate will be divided into six 15-minute segments, in which Schieffer will chose questions from a topic of his choice. Each candidate will be given two minutes to answer.
