Watch Presidential Debate Live Stream Video; Presidential Polls 2012 Update
The latest tracking polls continue to show a dead heat race between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. While the Republican presidential nominee still trails Obama in critical battleground states such as Ohio, he is doing so by a very narrow margin.
There have been eight brand new national tracking surveys released since Saturday that reinforce the strikingly close poll results. Three of the surveys give a slim edge to Romney, three have Obama slightly leading and two show the candidates in an even tie; which includes updated information from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.
However, two of the polls particularly at odds are The Gallup Daily and Investors Business Daily/TIPP. The Gallup continues to give Governor Romney a 7 percent advantage (52 to 45 percent) while Investors Business Daily has Obama over the Republican by 6-points (48 to 52 percent).
The moderator for tonight's final presidential showdown will be veteran CBS newsman Bob Schieffer. Many people are wondering just how Schieffer will respond to the candidates' tendencies to ignore the rules of the political debate. Although Schieffer is widely respected for his work, the task at hand he faces (keeping the debate running seamless) will be a challenging one.
Tonight's gathering will follow similar guidelines used at the Oct.3 debate at the University of Denver campus. Six topics will be chosen by Schieffer, with fifteen minutes allotted for each. The purpose of the extended segments is to allow the discussion time needed to address complex subjects.
However, the issue with the prolonged engagements during a campaign is that the candidates will undoubtedly interrupt one another, which does take time out of their topical presentations. Although there are rules in place for the candidates to not address each other directly, they should inevitably do so in order to garner political points.
Watch President Obama and Governor Romney take the podium against each other in the final presidential debate before the election in the live stream video below. The 90-minute event will start tonight at 9 p.m. ET at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida.
