Presidential Debate: 7 Things To Look For Tonight

Presidential Debate: 7 Things To Look For Tonight
Stand-ins for US President Barack Obama (R), Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (L) and moderator Bob Scheiffer (C) participate in a rehearsal a day ahead of the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, on October 21, 2012. Obama and Romney are spending the weekend hammering out their foreign policy battle lines ahead of their final debate, dropping off the campaign trail and dispatching their running mates to court voters in battleground states. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Stand-ins for US President Barack Obama (R), Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (L) and moderator Bob Scheiffer (C) participate in a rehearsal a day ahead of the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, on October 21, 2012. Obama and Romney are spending the weekend hammering out their foreign policy battle lines ahead of their final debate, dropping off the campaign trail and dispatching their running mates to court voters in battleground states. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Seven things to watch for when President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Gov. Mitt Romney debate foreign policy Monday night:

1. THE TIEBREAKER: Romney ran away with the first. Obama came back strong in the second. Stakes are high for their third and final showdown. Does that mean a repeat of last week's ornery tone? Or will the gravity of the issues — war, terrorism, world leadership — inspire more dignified discourse?

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