GOP Debate: When Is The ABC/Drake Republican Debate Tonight? How Do I Watch?

Tonight, Saturday, December 10, the GOP will hold its 15th Republican and Tea Party debate, this time sponsored by ABC News and ABC5/WOI-DT, The Des Moines Register and Republican Party of Iowa. The debate will be held at Drake University. Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos will moderate. Here are all the details you’ll need to watch!

See all our GOP Debate stories here.

 

WHEN? Tonight, Saturday, December 10, 9:00 PM Eastern Time. It’s expected to last two hours.

WHERE? Drake University’s Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Ave, Des Moines, Iowa.

HOW Do I Watch?

• You can watch on regular broadcast or TV on your local ABC channel. Check local listings here for channel details.
• You can watch live streaming video at ABCNews.com.

WHO Will Be Participating?

The top seven candidates will appear tonight. You can review stories on the candidates from The New Civil Rights Movement by clicking on their name:

Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsmann will all be in tonight’s debate.

TWITTER? Yes. Hashtag: #IowaDebate

What Else?

ABC News has an excellent overview of tonight’s events, everything, including the weather. Take a look.

What will be extremely interesting is if Gingrich is asked about his anti-Palistinian comments that touched off an international incident yesterday, if Perry will be asked about his extremely anti-gay Iowa ad titled “Strong,” and if Bachmann will be able to hold her own. We can expect the usual Ron Paul supporters/groupies to be in the audience cheering him on, and no doubt Rick Santorum will get asked few questions and will pout. Oh and Jon Huntsmann…

MSNBC notes that “most observers will have their eyes this time on Romney, the displaced frontrunner, to see how he responds to Gingrich at the debate. If the behavior by Romney’s campaign over the past few days is any indication, the debate may be a heated showdown between the former Massachusetts governor and the former House speaker.”

The Boston Globe will be live-blogging the debate tonight.