[Happy Rain]

I don't believe Obama is going to debate.

Despite his faith in the effectiveness of his mendacity Obama knows he has a lousy record and having a televised event he cannot totally control and thus risking that record getting out to the dumb masses can only hurt him.
A smart Obama would rely on his billion and the MSM alone to control the message.

Nixon lost when he debated and won twice when he didn't—crooks learn from each other.

[pkmaine]

I agree Newt is a great debater.

Everything else about his campaign is ridiculously bad. Organization, message discipline, media, mail, etc..

I think he could win in 1912, but not 2012.

I am a supporter - but there is no there, there - beyond the televised debates.

[SamAdams76]

Interesting observation about Obama perhaps deciding not to debate at all. I think it's a very plausible scenario, especially if a bulldog like Newt gets the nomination.

Many of us just assume that there will be debates in the fall but that is not a given. Especially if the polling shows Obama comfortably ahead. If that is the case, why would the Obama camp risk having Obama in front of a national audience without a teleprompter?

And if this scenario does occur, you just know that the sycophant media would find some reasons to give Obama a free pass on this. So there will be minimal political fallout to Obama deciding not to debate at all.