Wednesday night will be the first televised Presidential debate of three scheduled. See the schedule below of the other debate dates. Our Wednesday night class will start on time at 7PM and finish early at 8:50PM. It will be carried on Network TV, streamed live on the Internet and can be heard live on FM 89.9 the Public Radio station in Wheeling WV. Details of the debate are as follows:
Topic: Domestic policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: University of Denver in Denver, Colorado
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.
Additional Homework Assignment: Identify four areas of domestic policy in which the two candidates clearly take opposite positions and be prepared to discuss in class. This is in addition to Homework Assignment Week 5.
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