Newt's call for Seven 3 hour debates with the President?

[itsrobert]

Would you watch the whole 3 hours? Why not 12 hour debates?

[WI_DEM]

1. It will be 3 hour and half debates in the end.

[Botany]

2. 1 hour for each wife

[hlthe2b]

4. I can't believe Newt thought wife#3 was more "First Lady"-like

Wife #1 and #2 at least look human and the first wife, in particular looks quite friendly and approachable. Callista? She looks like a plastic animatron.

[davidpdx]

15. She's had almost as much plastic surgery as Micheal Jackson

[yellowcanine]

9. Newt should have stayed with Wife #1. She looks most like a FLOTUS. Callista is just scary.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Unlike Gringrich Obama has a job. I think 90 mins is enough.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Remember how McCain wanted all of those "town halls" with Obama

n/t

[toddwv]

6. Newt is expecting $250,000 an hour

for work as a "historical consultant" during these debates.

[FSogol]

7. Newt needs one hour just to call out the moderator.

[JaneQPublic]

8. +1

And at least another half-hour to invoke the name "Saul Alinsky."

[yellowcanine]

10. Newt is thinking Lincoln-Douglas. He thinks he is Lincoln, of course.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Except that he is much shorter than Obama.

I wonder if he will also demand some kind of special lectern to stand behind that will make him look taller?

I'd prefer to see them just standing next to each other - tall, thin Obama next to short, dumpy Gingrich.

And I think Obama can take him in a debate. Newt's Achilles heel is that he thinks he's smarter than everybody else - that kind of arrogance is fatal.

[yellowcanine]

14. He can stand on something but that won't help hide his flapping jowls. And yes, Obama has way more

poise than Newt, does not get rattled as easily, and just has more class. No special lectern, friendly crowd, or elevator shoes is going to change that.

[former9thward]

11. Seven would be too many but making them longer would be ok.

I would pretty much get rid of the moderators also. They ask stupid questions and don't let the candidates fully explain their positions.

[AtomicKitten]

12. 3 presidential debates and 1 VP debate already set.

Wednesday, October 3
University of Denver, Denver, CO

Thursday, October 11 (Vice presidential debate)
Centre College, Danville, KY

Tuesday, October 16 (Town meeting format)
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Monday, October 22
Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL

link: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/2012-general-election-debate-schedule-set/

[davidpdx]

16. Watch Newt pitch a fit if he doesn't get his Lincoln/Douglas style debates