[The Pack Knight]

Wonder when Fred will throw his hat in the ring, after all the debates? Kind of unfair to the rest of the bunch.

The current word is early September, which is a more traditional start-date for a Presidential campaign anyway. As for the debates, here's a schedule...

* May 3, 2007 - Simi Valley, California
* May 15, 2007 - Columbia, South Carolina
* June 5, 2007 - Manchester, New Hampshire
* June 30, 2007 - Des Moines, Iowa
* August 5, 2007 - Des Moines, Iowa
* August 20, 2007 - Reno, Nevada
* September 17, 2007 - Saint Petersburg, Florida
* September 27, 2007 - Hanover, New Hampshire
* October 14, 2007 - Manchester, New Hampshire
* October 21, 2007 - Orlando, Florida
* November 6, 2007 - Ames, Iowa
* January 5, 2008 - Johnson County, Iowa
* January 30, 2008 - Los Angeles, California

Highlighted dates are after early September. They represent more than half of the debates.

I guess you can say the early debates are like the NFL preseason, like the Hall of Fame game tonight. You don't play your starting quarterback much during the preseason.

[rineaux]

Thanks for the updates on the debates.

I’ll go ahead and eat my words with “unfair” considering there is more than a handful of debates to go.