Remarks by the President and Governor Romney in the First Presidential Debate

Denver, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2012 – 7:00 P.M. MDT

MR. LEHRER:  Good evening from the Magness Arena at the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado.  I’m Jim Lehrer of the PBS News Hour, and I welcome you to the first of the 2012 Presidential Debates between President Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee.

This debate and the next three — two presidential, one vice presidential — are sponsored by…