This should be a good showing of some of the major players.  Personally I'm interesting in seeing how Jon Huntsman does.  He has the background that is perfect for the current finance, trade, and foreign relation issues.

August 11th, 2011

9pm EST on Fox News– Live Feed– (Live around 8:45pm EST) Location: Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa Sponsor: Fox News, The Washington Examiner and the Republican Party of Iowa Participants: Bachmann, Romney, Pawlenty, Paul, Cain, Huntsman, Santorum, Gingrich

Hmmm, Paul is invited but Johnson is not.  Meh.  Huntsman is just another moderate who is trying to base much of his appeal on that fact.

NO...

Bad theater...

Maybe.

Depends on how tired I am.

12 - 13 hour days, 6 days a week for the past couple of months has pretty much sapped my extra energy.

Awfully early in the selection process to get involved in a debate...Hell, there are still 2 or 3 potential candidates that haven't announced whether or not they're going to run yet...

I would have to disagree that it is too early.  Obama has already raised $87 million for his 2012 campaign and has plans to raise 1 billion total.  If the Republican's wait another 6 months to even start the process of determining a candidate and then another 4 months to actually choose a candidate, there is no way they will be able to raise enough money to mount a head on attack against Obama.