This is ridiculous. He is skipping debates in Iowa? In Iowa?
UPDATE: A (sort of?) defense of Obama from Garance Franke-Ruta here.
I get the whole "Obama is building his own army" thing. I even think its the right approach. But even so, it I were him there's no way I'd skip this debate. It's not like his "army" doesn't still need new recruits, right?


