Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD): Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will participate in three 90-minute debates in the next three weeks. Their running mates, Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, will hold one debate. Pursuant to the criteria, publicly announced on Nov. 19, 2007, those candidates qualified for debate participation must (1) be constitutionally eligible to hold the office of President of the United States; (2) have achieved ballot access in a sufficient number of states to win a theoretical Electoral College majority in the general election; and (3) have demonstrated a level of support of at least 15 percent of the national electorate, as determined by five selected national public opinion polling organizations, using the average of those organizations' most recent publicly-reported results. The non-partisan, non-profitBoard of Directors of the CPD determined that no other candidates for president qualified for their debate schedule.FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
TIME-DATE: 9 p.m. EDT, Friday, Sept 26th
PLACE: University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
SUBJECT: Foreign policy
MODERATOR: PBS' Jim Lehrer, "The NewsHour"
VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
TIME-DATE: 9 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct 2nd
PLACE: Washington University, St. Louis, MO
SUBJECT: Domestic and foreign policy
MODERATOR: PBS' Gwen Ifill, "The NewsHour" and "Washington Week"
SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
TIME-DATE: 9 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct 7th
PLACE: Belmont University, Nashville, TN
SUBJECT: Issues raised by audience members and submitted by Internet participants, in town-hall format.
MODERATOR: NBC's Tom Brokaw
THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
TIME-DATE: 9 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct 15th
PLACE: Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
SUBJECT: Domestic policy
MODERATOR: CBS' Bob Scheiffer
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