The Great Debate Megathread! Black Lincoln versus whiter, richer Douglas!

[Kleves]

A call out to Biden's "buried" line.

[Eddie Teach]

Obama wins the Necktie Match-Up immediately.  Nice and complimentary to the background, solid, subdued.

Mittens did good going with red, but never should've worn stripes.

You ever consider working in the fashion industry?

[CountDeMoney]

Are any of the next two debates going to be town hall-style?  Or are we going with a Harvard Debate Society format on all 3?

[Kleves]

Are any of the next two debates going to be town hall-style?  Or are we going with a Harvard Debate Society format on all 3?

Next one is town hall-style.

[Admiral Yi]

That Town Hall crap makes me gag.

[CountDeMoney]

That Town Hall crap makes me gag.

  But Clinton did it sooooo well.   I FEEL YOUR PAIN :LIPBITE:

[merithyn]

Did he just call his five boys liars?

[FunkMonk]

Mitt owning it right now. Brb switching my vote to mittens.

[Sheilbh]

I think Romney's doing very well.  I'm not sure where this leaves his tax policy though.

Obama just borrowed a Clinton line - he needs to do that a lot more.

[merithyn]

Mitt owning it right now.

Agreed.

And out comes Professor Obama, too. That's not going to go over well.

[mongers]

Obama looking a bit weak.

[Kleves]

Obama's jokes are falling very flat.

[CountDeMoney]

Are any of the next two debates going to be town hall-style?  Or are we going with a Harvard Debate Society format on all 3?

Next one is town hall-style.

Here we go:

October 3, 2012
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney    Live Stream (Begins around 8pm et)
Topic: Domestic policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern 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
Vice President Joe Biden and Representative Paul Ryan    Topic: Foreign and domestic policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern 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
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney    Topic: Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern 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
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney    Topic: Foreign policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern 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.

[CountDeMoney]

Did he just call his five boys liars?

He's just shoring up the "Boys From Brazil" bloc.

[Sheilbh]

Romney is doing very, very well here.

The moderator is ridiculous.