Politics & Government
What Time is Obama vs. Romney Presidential Debate?
The first debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney has increased interest in the debates to come. Today the role of moderator Candy Crowley is being questioned.
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will debate for the second time Tuesday. Here in Ames the debate will air 8 p.m. central time on primetime networks.
Time Magazine reported that both Obama and Romney campaigns are concerned about how the moderator Candy Crowley will behave.
Obama's and Romney's debate agreement suggestsed that Crowley would play a limited role but Crowley, who is not a party to that agreement, has suggested otherwise.
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Crowley said last week, “Once the table is kind of set by the town-hall questioner, there is then time for me to say, ‘Hey, wait a second, what about X, Y, Z?’”
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Date: Tuesday, Oct. 16.
Time: 8 to 9:30 p.m. (central).
Where: Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.
Who: President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Moderator: Candy Crowley, CNN chief political correspondent.
Topic: Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy.
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