October 16, 2012 2:22PM 

# Live Blog of the Second Presidential Debate 

By Zach Graves 

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Join us **Tuesday, October 16th at 8:45 PM** **ET** for live commentary during the second presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

Tweet questions during the debate to the live blog participants below:

- [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson), Senior Fellow ([@WalterOlson](http://twitter.com/walterolson))
- [Daniel J. Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-mitchell), Senior Fellow ([@DanielJMitchell](http://twitter.com/danieljmitchell))
- [Simon Lester](https://www.cato.org/people/simon-lester), Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies ([@SNLester](http://twitter.com/snlester))
- [Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus), Legal Associate, Center for Constitutional Studies ([@TCBurrus](http://twitter.com/tcburrus))
- [Christopher A. Preble](https://www.cato.org/people/christopher-preble), Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies ([@CAPreble](http://twitter.com/capreble))
- [Aaron Ross Powell](https://www.cato.org/people/aaron-powell), Research Fellow and Editor, Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org ([@ARossP](http://twitter.com/arossp))
- [Jason Kuznicki](https://www.cato.org/people/jason-kuznicki), Research Fellow and Editor, *Cato Unbound* ([@JasonKuznicki](http://twitter.com/jasonkuznicki))
- [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson), Director, Center for Educational Freedom ([@Andrew\_Coulson](twitter.com/Andrew_Coulson))
- [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-cannon), Director of Health Policy Studies ([@MFCannon](twitter.com/mfcannon))

Follow the Twitter list of all live blog participants [here](https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute/pres-debate-2012-pt-2) (updated). You can also join the conversation with the hashtag **\#Debate** and by following [@CatoInstitute](https://twitter.com/#!/CatoInstitute) and [@CatoFP](http://twitter.com/catofp).

##### Related Tags 

[General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) 

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