Originally Posted by Jason Marcel

People have to be kidding themselves if they think Obama is scared of facing McCain. The guy faced off against Hillary in like 21 debates, and fared quite well. He was like over 25 points behind her at the time of the first debates, and had nearly clinched the nomination by the end of them.

The only reason Obama didn't do the town halls with McCain is that McCain needs the media attention more than Obama does. In any case, the only people who really follow presidential politics in the summer are the diehards like the people on this forum, who cover every tit-4-tat.

I'm happy enough with 3 debates after the conventions. You can only learn so much from a debate, and 3 are plenty enough to learn about the candidates. Plus, anything more than 3 would just get repetitive and annoying, as both sides just go over all their talking points, no matter what the question.