Today, President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney will face off in the second of three highly anticipated debates.
Coming off a strong performance by Joe Biden in the vice presidential debate, and with polls tightening nationally, the onus is on President Obama to perform. Meanwhile, former Governor Mitt Romney will try to continue his unprecedented Etch-A-Sketch to the political center.
We’ll be live Tweeting the debate from our Twitter account @ProgressMich with commentary, criticism, and fact-checking. Not content to follow along on Twitter? We’ll be pulling together our favorite comments, quotes, criticisms, fact-checks, pictures, videos, Tweets, Facebook posts, and stories in the Storify below.
In the meantime, we’ve already put together a good list of debate primers for your viewing pleasure:
The 2012 Presidential Debates: Round #2
Today, President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney will face off in the second of three highly anticipated debates.
Storified by ProgressMich · Tue, Oct 16 2012 07:13:16
What To Watch For In Tonight’s DebateTuesday night, the highly successful season of "The Commission On Presidential Debates Presents: These Presidential Debates That We Were …
How much ‘malarkey’ was there? All our fact-checks on the vice president’s debate http://ow.ly/eu49RPolitiFact
Big debate tomorrow. Dear media professionals: I dare you to ask about science. I dare you to ask about climate change…Bill Nye
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Based on very popular demand, I will be live tweeting tomorrow night during the Presidential debate.Donald J. Trump
Obama Excited To Participate In First Debate http://onion.com/Qkwn5bThe Onion
Undecided voters: What they want to hear in the presidential debateThe vast majority of voters have made up their mind about the presidential election, but tonight's debate caters specifically to thos…
Jon Stewart Praises Martha Raddatz For Vice-Presidential Debate Moderating …Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin shake hands after the vice presidential deb…
Presidential debate to be town hall; Candy Crowley to moderateOctober 16, 2012 (WASHINGTON) — The every-four-years ritual of a national "town hall" style debate began as a nerve-racking ex…
