you know, i have been thinking, the debates may very well turn out to be very good for obama, with half of the country not ever wanting to ever take the time to listen to him speak,this could be right where he needs them to be . they are so dead set about wanting him to answer to mccain about the surge, he will finally have their attention,hopefully they will forget about their bigotry,and some will finally have to see his intelligence for once.