Daily News Article - October 18, 2012
C-SPAN provides the entire debate, with separate videos for: the introduction, each of the 11 questions and answers, and the closing statements.
Go to: c-span.org/Debates/Events/Town-Hall-Presidential-Debate/10737434294 and scroll halfway down the page for the video links.
1. Re-read the list of questions asked during the debate. List the topics of the questions asked.
2. Do you think the 11 questions chosen by moderator Candy Crowley of CNN gave voters the opportunity to get a good overall picture of where the candidates stand on foreign and domestic issues? Explain your answer.
3. a) What did you think overall of President Obama's responses? Explain your answer.
b) What did you think overall of Governor Romney's responses? Explain your answer.
4. a) List the three questions you think were the most important.
b) For each of the three questions, do you think President Obama gave a satisfactory answer? Explain your answers.
c) For each of the three questions, do you think Governor Romney gave a satisfactory answer? Explain your answers.
5. Watch the Q&A on Libya again at: c-span.org/Debates/Events/Town-Hall-Presidential-Debate/10737434294
Do you think moderator Candy Crowley should have given her opinion, attempting to correct Mitt Romney on what President Obama had said about terrorism and Libya? Explain your answer.
NOTE: The third (and final) presidential debate is Monday, Oct. 22, at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.