First Presidential Debate. Friday, Sept. 26 9:00 pm EST
Site: University of Mississippi
Topic: Foreign Policy & National Security (was the original topic … expect plenty of questions on the economy and the proposed financial bailout)
Moderator: 73 year old Republican Jim Lehrer of PBS
Staging: Podium debate
Answer Format: The debate will be broken into nine, 9-minute segments. The moderator will introduce a topic and allow each candidate 2 minutes to comment. After these initial answers, the moderator will facilitate an open discussion of the topic for the remaining 5 minutes, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment
Vivian Paige’s blog is hosting a Debate Watching Party … but since John McCain … according to a campaign web ad has already won … I’m not sure what we’ll be discussing
