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PBS NewsHour | Candidates Fine-Tune Their Messages Before First Debate | PBS

Duration: 10:07
Program: PBS NewsHour #10456
Broadcast Date: Oct. 1, 2012

Days before the first 2012 presidential debate, Mitt Romney and President Obama work to craft their messages on the economy, health care, the role of government and governing. Judy Woodruff talks to the Rothenberg Political Report's Stu Rothenberg and Susan Page of USA Today for more on the candidates' preparations.

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Post Date: October 1, 2012