President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participate in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. AP /Charles Dharapak
HEMPSTEAD, New York — President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney shooks hands on Tuesday at the start of their second televised national debate ahead of the November 6 election.
The Democratic incumbent is generally regarded as having come off worst in the pair’s first head-to-head encounter on October 3, and polls suggest the race is extremely close with only three weeks until polling day.
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