2008 Presidential Election Schedule

[Kenyatta Wilson]

The first Presidential Debate of the 2008 General Election is scheduled for Friday, September 26. Foreign policy and national security issues will be the focus of the debate. Read more by clicking here: http://www.olemiss.edu/debate/

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First presidential debate
Friday, September 26
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
Moderator: Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS

Vice presidential debate
Thursday, October 2
Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Moderator: Gwen Ifill, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, and Moderator and Managing Editor, Washington Week, PBS

Second presidential debate (town meeting)
Tuesday, October 7
Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.
Moderator: Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News

Third presidential debate
Wednesday, October 15
Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
Moderator: Bob Schieffer, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Host, Face the Nation

*** Each debate will begin at 9:00 p.m. EDT.