Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have agreed to participate in another debate, their 21st, to be held in mid-April in Philadelphia. Obama has also agreed to a 22nd debate a few days later, but the Clinton camp hasn’t yet responded.

Hopefully all the jockeying over national security issues will limit the usual 45-minute argument over a health-care mandate.

The Hill and Bary show might be a ratings winner, but they need to get some new material to chew over. This is starting to feel like a season of “Lost.”


ABC News:

Both candidates have accepted an ABC News debate in Philadelphia and Obama has accepted a similar invitation from CBS News to debate at a location to be determined in North Carolina.

The CBS News debate would be their first debate of the 2008 campaign season.

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