So why did they agree to do a townhall debate in Tennessee of all places??

[Thrill]

Not friendly territory for Obama in my opinion.

I bet the whole debate is consumed with stupid questions like Are you a muslim? Rev Wright, Ayers.....etc...Especially with Brokaw moderating

This debate isn't even going to get to the issues.

[newfie11]

1. yeah why Mississippi, now Tennessee. Where is the next one Alabama

[NotThisTime]

2. All I can say is WHY THE HELL DID THEY APPROVE THIS????

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. I wish somebody would ask him if he is Muslim. (In fact, I'd pay someone to)

It would be useful to address that in front of 60 million viewers

[Meshuga]

4. I think the questions are going to be filtered

Otherwise it would be chaos.

[JeffR]

5. All the better.

Because when he answers Tennessee voters better than MCan't does, it's going to shake some people's perceptions up something fierce.

on edit: Obama can demonstrate that he actually has values and they're anything but scray. McDope has no values and it's going to be obvious.

[still_one]

6. James Meredith, attended the University of Mississippi. It was one of the first victories

against segregation in Mississippi. That is where the first debate was held

Tennessee was where Martin Luther King was assasinated, and where the National Civil Rights Museum is located

I think it is not only appropriate, but significant