The first Presidential debate of the year is scheduled for Oct. 3 at the . But, both candidates will be spending more than just Wednesday in the state.Republican Presidential Candidate will be returning to Colorado ahead of the debate. Romney is scheduled to hold a campaign event Monday evening at the in Denver.
Ann Romney plans to follow her husband鈥檚 campaign stop with an appearance in Littleton. Ann Romney will attend a rally at the Tuesday afternoon.
is also once again carving out time in his schedule to campaign in Colorado. After the debate Wednesday, Mr. Obama will be holding a campaign event in the Denver area Thursday. His campaign has not yet released event details.
John Straayer, a professor of political science at , says Coloradans should enjoy the attention while it last. Straayer says after this week, both candidates are likely to spend far less time here.
Since they're both here this coming week and they鈥檝e both been here before, certainly Obama has been here many times. I suspect they will be dialing back a little bit on the Colorado visits. But you know there are other states they've got to focus on. Ohio, Florida and Virginia are all critical states. I think they will be putting in a good deal of time there.
Additionally, Republican Vice Presidential Candidate along the campaign trail in Colorado last week. Vice President has not been in the state recently.
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