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Mitt Romney heads into his first ever head-to-head debate with President Barack Obama at 9 p.m. tonight needing to score early and often.
Otherwise, any hopes the Michigan-born Republican nominee has of winning the presidency on Nov. 6 could fade.
In battleground states, such as Ohio and Florida, Obama has staked leads that Romney must erase to have a chance to win. In a recent Free Press poll, Obama led by 10 percentage points in Michigan, but in 2000 and 2004 Democrats won Michigan and lost the presidency.
Here's a quick guide to tonight's debate and beyond:
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Last week, there were reports that Romney intended to question the accuracy of Obama's responses to questions, which could provide some hot moments. Keep an eye out for the stinging quip -- Ronald Reagan's "There you go again" remark in 1980 to President Jimmy Carter helped define the campaign -- or for the defining image or moment. Remember a perspiring Richard Nixon standing next to a cool John F. Kennedy in 1960 or Vice President Al Gore sighing and rolling his eyes at George W. Bush in 2000.
WHAT ELSE: Obama and Romney have circled each other on the federal rescue of General Motors and Chrysler in 2009 for months now. We would expect them to finally go after each other head-to-head on the topic tonight.
HOW MANY: Tonight's debate is the first of three (the middle one is a town hall) between Romney and Obama. Vice President Joe Biden and Romney's running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin also will have one debate.
HOURS: All the debates run 9-10:30 p.m. Eastern time.
LOCATIONS: Tonight's debate is at the University of Denver in Colorado, an important swing state. The vice presidential debate Oct. 11 is set for Centre College in Danville, Ky. The final two presidential debates will be held Oct. 16 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., and Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.
TOPICS: The focus tonight will be domestic policy while the Oct. 11 vice presidential debate and Oct. 16 presidential town hall will touch on domestic and international issues. The final presidential debate will focus on foreign policy.
MODERATORS: Tonight it's Jim Lehrer, executive editor of the PBS NewsHour. The others are ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz (Oct. 11), CNN's Candy Crowley (Oct. 16) and CBS's Bob Schieffer (Oct. 22).
FORMAT: There will be no opening statements in any debate. Each candidate will get 2-minute closing statements in all debates. Tonight's debate will be sliced into six time segments, each about 15 minutes; Lehrer will open each segment with a question and then each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of time in the segment for a broader discussion of topics, which include the economy (for three segments), health care, the role of government and governing.
FUTURE FORMATS: The vice presidential debate will have nine segments of 10 minutes each. The second presidential debate will be a town hall meeting, with participants -- undecided voters selected by Gallup, a polling organization -- asking questions. The third presidential debate format will be identical to the first.
STAND-INS: Obama has been practicing in Nevada with U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts standing in for Romney; Romney has been practicing in Massachusetts with U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio standing in for Obama.
WHERE TO WATCH: Tonight's debate shouldn't be hard to find. Cable networks including C-SPAN, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC will be carrying it live. The networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and PBS) also are scheduled to air it. In metro Detroit, that means WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), WWJ-TV (CBS Detroit), WDIV-TV (Channel 4), WJBK-TV (Channel 2) and WTVS-TV (Channel 56).
THE POLLS: Every pundit in the nation will be looking to see whether Romney can use the debates to cut or erase Obama's advantage measured in polls. At present, the Real Clear Politics average of recent polls has Obama up 3.7 percentage points nationally. More troubling for Romney is that Obama appears to have leads in most toss-up states.
MICHIGAN: Much of the recent polling shows Obama leading by about 10 percentage points.
More Details: What would you ask the candidates?
As a Michigander, what one question would you ask both President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney that deals with improving your life in Michigan? Please send your questions to Rochelle Riley at rriley99@freepress.com, subject line PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, or on twitter @rochelleriley. She’ll keep score for you on how the candidates did.
Recommend Mitt Romney needs to make quick points against President Barack Obama in ... - Detroit Free Press Topics Question by No Pinheads: How are you going to like your new "green jobs" that Obama will create? A pair of hedge clippers ( bought and paid for by the "citizen") and working along the roads clipping hedges with your "highly educated" fellow Obama supporters, how quaint, the new "old deal". "Well, I have two masters degrees so I won't need those green jobs. Us Obama supporters are highly educated." Only proves that the "highly educated" does not have common sense, they voted for Obama Best answer for How are you going to like your new "green jobs" that Obama will create?:
Answer by TheMom
Must better than being beholden to the oil barons. Being dependent on foreign oils makes the US very weak. We can't depend on other countries for oil.
Answer by Hater Police
Better than losing 3 million jobs as the Bush administration did in 2008. Next
Answer by Mary Alice_1979
Well, I have two masters degrees so I won't need those green jobs. Us Obama supporters are highly educated. Those jobs are for people who didn't make past high school. Let us know how you like your green job.
Answer by RomeyM
He is doing nothing but creating more jobs for illegals.
Answer by Patrick B
Someone's mad that the guy he voted for lost!! Do you need a binky and a nap? The fact is, we should have been converted to alternative energy sources by now. Yes it's expensive to get ourselves changed over to using solar, wind, and water power, but in the lon run it will save us tons of money that would go to foriegn countries. We'll always need oil, but we could cut our need by 90% if we would invest in alternative energies. All that money that we would need to spend setting up panels, turbines, and even nuclear facilities would go to new jobs, training, and supplies that could all be found here in the US.
Answer by rehobothbeachgui
When George Bush was elected, I had a $ 100K job for a fortune 500 company. Thanks to his policies, I lost that job during the recession of 2002. I took my savings and opened up my own business. After putting in 90 hour work weeks, and all my savings for five years. Thanks to the second Bush recession/depression, my business went belly up. It was a retail business, and my sales dropped 40% while my rent went up. So any job he can give me I will gladly take. Especially if it has health care. I gave that up 4 years ago when the best premium for a 38 year old non-smoking male was $ 450/month. and that WAS for the lowest coverage I could afford. (emergency only) no prescription drug, no doctor visits. I have seen the top and the bottom of this economy and this country in the Bush years. And now I am facing the very real prospect of being homeless. Because after over 1000 resumes (no exaggeration) I can't even get an interview. SO IF ITS HEDGE CLIPPERS SO BE IT.
Answer by Hermoine
Do not listen to "highly educated". They cannot solve quadratic equation. If you voted for Obama, then your "education" was waste of public money.
Answer by SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND
Would you rather have NO job?
Answer by susisays
Someone's A$ $ will be grass but it won't be mine, thank you. Take those clippers and *clip off* BHO!
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