The first of three presidential debates will take place tonight at 8:00-9:30 central daylight time on all major television stations and online. The topic will be domestic policies.
President Barack Obama will be going up against Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
History teacher Joe Edwards explains why students should watch.
“It is important for a student to watch [the debates] because even if students think that it doesn’t apply to them, a lot of the stuff the next president will do will affect them. Whether it’s student loans, the economy, the job market, or wars, it will affect them, regardless of whether or not they can vote. And it’s entertaining,” he said.
Junior Dimitri Savidis explains why he is going to watch.
“I want to see who is going to be president and why. I think it is important because the decisions they make will affect my future. I feel like I should care,” he said.
Former Student* • Oct 4, 2012 at 8:03 AM
In my opinion, (can’t believe what I’m about to say) Romney did pretty well and Obama looked and sound clueless. Even though Romney lacks specifics on certain issues, he was pretty aggressive. On the other hand, Obama had these awkward pauses which made him a little clueless on certain issues. Thumbs up to Romney camp. Romney-1, Obama-0 Obama needs a lot of work.
Jenny • Oct 3, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Um, I still can’t believe that Mitt Romney said he wanted to cut PBS because he thinks that it’s a waste of money being borrowed from China. It’s PBS, people. I love PBS. OMG. I mean, this program has been running for decades now and he can’t just ”get rid of it.”
NW GOP • Oct 3, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Most of PBS’ budget comes from corporate and viewer financial contributions. Mitt Romney just wants to cut federal funding. It could mean more PBS telethons and commercials, not no more PBS. And for the money issue, we owe money TRILLIONS of dollars. We have to pay them back and it’s likely we all will be paying for this when we’re grown ups. So if stopping the funding for PBS and NPR is a sacrifice, we should be able to live with that.
Former Student* • Oct 3, 2012 at 10:24 AM
To me, debates are the only measurement on who to vote these days. We see all these ads on TV or internet, but the ads are usually attacks on each other. I want to hear what these candidates have to say about some of the actions they will take once they are president especially on the economy, health care, tax reform, and more importantly education -related like student loans.