First Presidential Debate Comes to Mississippi

The Race for the White House comes to the Deep South this Fri­day.  More specif­i­cally, it’s com­ing to the sleepy lit­tle town of Oxford, Mis­sis­sippi, to the Uni­ver­sity of Mis­sis­sippi.  The debate will be on Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 26 at 8:00 P.M. Cen­tral Day­light Time, and will be tele­vised on every major news out­let.  This is per­haps the great­est priv­i­lege the State could have — to host the first debate in a his­tor­i­cal Pres­i­den­tial Campaign.

Since I will be in Birm­ing­ham, Alabama that night for Word­Camp Birm­ing­ham 2008, I will try to live­blog or twit­ter the event, or both.  I guess it all depends on who appears here for the live­blog.  If you want, you can fol­low me on Twit­ter @ericleeus!

I am really look­ing for­ward to this debate.  It will tell the tale as to whom is the strongest at a “for­mal” speak­ing ses­sion.  It may not tell us much else, but at least we’ll have an idea of who can best form their thoughts under a short time span and a lot of pres­sure.  (I won­der — should I host a poll ask­ing who will be the strongest debater?  Hmm…now that’s an idea.)

Any­way, be sure to tune in to CNN or Fox News to watch the debate, and be sure to tune in here or here for live blog cov­er­age!

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