[HamiltonJay]

Obama said Monday that there would be "a sufficient number of debates" between himself and Keyes-- both men are Harvard-educated, polished debaters-- but not the seven such clashes he had promised Ryan.

"That was the home-state special," Obama cracked. He declined to set a specific number, adding that staffers in the two campaigns would iron on the details later.

Sounds to me that Obama is running scared on the debate issue already.....

[Theodore R.]

I wonder if that many people in IL would watch or even understand constitutional principles promoted by Keyes in debate. The state seems forever on the "big government" at all costs bandwagon.