Left Out

by Turkana

Fishbowl DC says the Commission on Presidential Debates has announced their schedule. As usual, the debates will be held in different regions, to reflect the diversity of this nation's political concerns.

First presidential debate Friday, September 26 The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.

Jim Lehrer
Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS

Vice presidential debate
Thursday, October 2
Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Gwen Ifill
Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, and Moderator and Managing Editor, Washington Week, PBS

Second presidential debate (town meeting)
Tuesday, October 7
Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.
Tom Brokaw
Special Correspondent, NBC News

Third presidential debate
Wednesday, October 15
Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
Bob Schieffer
CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Host, Face the Nation

Apparently, those of us living from the Rocky Mountains west do not matter.