Stakes are high for Romney in first presidential debate

Romney, he said, may not be able to shed his ‘Man in the Gray Flannel Suit’ image on the debate stage, one of his final opportunities to demonstrate to voters a different side.

“They don’t pump you up. That’s his problem,” Woodard said. “It doesn’t look to me that the corporate Mitt Romney is going to be very convincing to the American electorate.”

Presidential debate

Time: Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m. MST.

Topic:  Domestic policy.

Location: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.

TV coverage:  KSL-TV 5 political specialists Richard Piatt and John Daley will be in Denver at the debate providing insight, interviews and commentary beginning Tuesday and through the debate Wednesday night. Each debate will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, as well as all cable news channels including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.

Format: This is the first of four October debates between President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney. The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six segments of approximately 15 minutes each. The debate moderator is Jim Lehrer of PBS, who will open each segment with a question and each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The remaining time in each segment will be discussion and followup questions moderated by Lehrer.

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