Twitter coverage of 1st Presidential debate

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney squared off in their first debate of the 2012 Presidential election Wednesday night.

ABC 4's Chris Vanocur covered the debates through his @cvan4 twitter account.

Stay with ABC 4 and ABC4.com for complete coverage of the 2012 race for the White House.

Archived 10/4/2012 - 9:50am 1st 2012 Presidential Debate - 10/3/2012 Chris Vanocur, ABC 4 - @cvan4 Reporting via Twitter.com. POLITICO: Twitter jumps the shark during debate. http://t.co/pCjby91O @ktvx #utpol #debates 36 minutes ago cvan4 has to go do TV stuff. Thanks for following. about 13 hours ago 10 minutes to go. about 13 hours ago Obama now 4 minutes ahead on speaking time. about 13 hours ago Debate ends in 20 minutes. Leave your comments on the ABC 4 Facebook page. about 13 hours ago Obama now 3:30 ahead in speaking time. about 13 hours ago IHC just got some love from Romney. about 13 hours ago @Firedbigbird now has more than 8,000 followers. about 13 hours ago Big Bird now has more than 4,000 followers. about 13 hours ago 45 minutes in, 45 to go. about 14 hours ago Obama now 2:30 ahead on time. about 14 hours ago Nearing halfway point. about 14 hours ago Big Bird will be available in the spin room following the debate. #kidding about 14 hours ago Speaking time now about even. about 14 hours ago Romney: "I love Big Bird." Hey! What about Waldorf and Statler? @ktvx #theguysinthebalcony about 14 hours ago Lehrer trying to get the candidates to engage. about 14 hours ago Romney also wishes Prez happy anniversary. about 14 hours ago First question on jobs economy. about 14 hours ago President starts by wishing Michelle a happy anniversary. about 14 hours ago Red tie vs. blue tie. about 14 hours ago Candidates take the stage. about 14 hours ago Btw - I was in a play with Jim Lehrer's daughter in High School. We hugged! :) about 14 hours ago George S. on ABC. First debates usually favor the challengers. @ktvx about 14 hours ago Debate coverage now up on ABC 4. What a clean, sharp picture that is! @ktvx about 14 hours ago Btw - New cvan4 Twitter pic! @ktvx about 15 hours ago Sander Vanocur was one of the panelists at the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960. Will chat with him tomorrow about this one :) #debates about 15 hours ago 100 to follow for debates. 101 plus cvan4! http://t.co/n4Lj6V1Z @ktvx about 15 hours ago Half hour to go! @ktvx about 15 hours ago Official hashtag: #debates about 15 hours ago cvan4 will be doing a live debate Twitter/blog. You can also follow it on http://t.co/5sw0IIdS @ktvx #utpol about 16 hours ago