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You can watch the debate live right here. And don’t worry, we won’t prematurely call the debate.

Today, President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney will face off in the first of three highly anticipated debates. At the outset, Obama is leading the national polls and is up in the battleground states.

Already, Republicans, Democrats, and the media agree that Romney needs a strong showing to have any chance in November. In lieu of this, Mitt Romney has spent the last several months practicing “zingers” in an attempt to score cheap political points.

But don’t worry, we’ll be live Tweeting the debate from our Twitter account @ProgressMich with commentary, criticism, and fact-checking. Not content to follow along on Twitter? We’ll be pulling together our favorite comments, quotes, criticisms, fact-checks, pictures, videos, Tweets, Facebook posts, and stories in the Storify below.

In the meantime, we’ve already put together a good list of debate primers for your viewing pleasure:

The 2012 Presidential Debates

Tomorrow, President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney will face off in the first of three highly anticipated debate. At the outset, Obama is leading the national polls and is up in the battleground states. Already, Republicans, Democrats, and the media agree that Romney needs a strong sho

Storified by ProgressMich · Tue, Oct 02 2012 10:00:31

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The Goofs and Gaffes in Presidential DebatesWASHINGTON – Televised presidential debates, after having taken a 16-year hiatus, resumed in 1976. In the middle of the first encounter, …
WSJ Guide to First Romney-Obama DebatePresident Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney square off Wednesday at a University of Denver sports arena for the first of three pres…

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