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 * Extra Credit:** Up to 10 Bonus Point
 * Due:** Monday October 20th

Background Information: Presidential Debates

 * **Tuesday **


 *  October 16, 2012 **

|| **Topic: ** Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy

 **Air Time:** 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time

 **Location:** [|**Hofstra University**] in Hempstead, New York

 **Sponsor:** [|**Commission on Presidential Debates**]

 **Participants**: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney

 **Moderator:** Candy Crowley (CNN Chief Political Correspondent) The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond, and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion. The town meeting participants will be undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization. ||

Your Task:
===Watch the presidential debate on Tuesday, October 16th. While you are watching the debate, take notes on the presidential candidates’ use of rhetorical strategies and/or fallacies as they attempt to persuade American voters. Then, turn your notes into a one page paper in which you analyze how persuasive Obama, Romney, or both candidates were during the debate. You must include specific examples from the debate and include the terminology we have been learning in class this year.===