From the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, the following contest, sanctioned by the Commission on Presidential Debates, is scheduled to last 90 minutes. The referee is Jim Lehrer, the executive editor of the PBS news program “Newshour.”
Fighting out of the blue corner, wearing the boring $1,900 two-button navy suit with the blue tie and an American flag lapel pin is the challenger. This 65-year-old stands 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs in at 195 pounds. From Belmont, Massachusetts, by way of Detroit, let’s hear it for Mitt Romney.
Fighting out of the red corner, wearing the boring $1,900 two-button grey suit with the red tie and an American flag lapel pin is the incumbent. Weighing in at a willowy 170 pounds, the 51-year-old measures 6 feet, 1 inch tall. Hailing from Chicago, by way of Honolulu and Indonesia, but not Kenya (he asked me to say that), give it up for Barack Obama.
Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, let’s get ready to rumble!
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