Mark your calendars. The presidential debates will be on September 30th, October 8th, and October 13th. Johnboy and Uncle Dick will debate on October 5th.

The debate on the 8th will be a townhall style event, with the questions being posed by voters who are leaning toward one candidate or the other. People are weighing in on who this style will favor. Bush has a weakness dealing with unscripted events, and he is absolutely out of practice since he never takes questions anywhere anymore (other than his "Meet the President" events where the toughest question is, "How are you so great?"). But, ask yourself what kind of person doesn't yet know how they'll vote. Probably not the sharpest knives in the drawer. And Shrub knows how to talk to that level. But I don't get why it's scheduled for a Friday night.

Due to my class schedule, I'll probably miss most of the first and last debates (or I'll catch them on the radio on the drive home). But I wouldn't miss the Cheney/Edwards showdown for anything.

Amazingly enough, none of the moderators are from Faux News. But RNC stooge Charlie "Why won't my head stop shaking" Gibson is bad enough for the townhall debate.

Only six more weeks.