President Debate 3. Monday: October 22, 2012

Location - Lynn University (Florida)

Topic - Foreign Policy

Process -  The topic will be divided into 6 time segments - 15 minutes each on the topics. Topics are announced several weeks in advanced. The moderator will open each segment with a question, then candidates will each have 2 minutes to respond.

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"Both candidates, they made it clear that they want to treat China as a partner and that they want China to play by the rules, he'll [Romney] designate China as a currency manipulator," - Wang Feng, director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center in Beijing.

"So who won the debate today? I know who lost. Afghans. Little mention of war, except for w/drawal. Differences not so different from e/o," - Twitter user by the name Subel

President Debate 2. Tuesday: October 16, 2012

Location - Hofstra University (New York)

Topic - Town meeting, including foreign and domestic policy

Process - Citizens, who are undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization , will ask questions dealing on the topics. Candidates will each have 2 minutes to respond.

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"They have to keep those folks in mind. It's a much more intimate and up close adventure with voters. The candidate that makes a connection with the person asking the question is also making a better connection with the person back at home," - Candy Crowley, CNN Chief Political Correspondent

"Don't over-correct. Don't go from being too passive in the first debate to too aggressive in the second," - Paul Begala, Democratic strategist and CNN contributor

Vice President Debate. Thursday: October 11, 2012

Location - Centre College (Kentucky)

Topic - Domestic and Foreign Policy

Process - Topics are to be divided into 9 segments - 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask the question in which the candidates are to each have 2 minutes to respond.

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"The vice president came and showed fight. He showed his boss what it is to engage and engage and engage and attack and attack and attack," - John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent

"Even if we thought he was making good points, I think that they stepped on his good points. He was trying to cram everything in that he could that wasn't in the last debate to try and get it all out at once. But I don't think he made any kind of coherent argument as to why the Obama-Biden ticket should be re-elected." - Russ Schriefer, Senior Romney Campaign Adviser

President Debate. Wednesday: October 3, 2012

Location - University of Denver (Colorado)

Topic - Domestic Policy
Process - The topic will be divided into 6 time segments - 15 minutes each on the topics. Topics are announced several weeks in advanced. The moderator will open each segment with a question, then candidates will each have 2 minutes to respond.
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"I think that Governor Romney is certainly a skilled debater. And last night he was able to elevate his level of performance. But he did not change the fundamental dynamics of this race, nor did he change some of the policies that actually got us into the economic mess that we have," - Martin O'Malley, Maryland Governor
"Obama didn't seem like he wanted to be there. He needs to be much more aggressive. He let Romney get away with stuff he shouldn't have." - John Geer, Chairman of Vanderbilt University's Political Science Department