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Dems Agree to Six More Debates, Finale in LA

To celebrate the fact that they didn't completely fuck up their first debate, the Democrats have announced that they're going to tempt fate six more times around the country, ending up here in the city of Angels
July 23, 2007: YouTube/Google and CNN in Charleston, SC
August 19, 2007: ABC in Des Moines, IA
September 26, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC in Hanover, NH
October 30, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC in Philadelphia, PA
November 15, 2007: CNN in Las Vegas, NV
December 10, 2007: CBS in Los Angeles, CA
Notice a few things? We did. The first is that Fox got cockblocked. Maybe Murdoch's company knew this was coming when they dissed C-SPAN.The other thing we noticed was Nevada was getting some love. Which has to be a first. Either way, nice job Senator Reid.
photo by joedbart from the first Dem debate this year in South Carolina
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