Second Presidential Debate (town meeting format)  

Second Presidential Debate

Date: October 7, 2008

Time: 9:00pm – 10:30pm EST

Site: Belmont University

Moderator: Tom Brokaw

Staging: Town Hall debate

Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the internet). Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of 1 minute, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment. In the spirit of the Town Hall, all questions will come from the audience (or internet), and not the moderator.

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Each debate will begin at 9:00pm eastern, 6:00pm pacific time and last for 90 minutes. They will be aired on every major broadcast network such as CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX. They will also be aired on cable outlets such as Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and many others.