What Is Obama Afraid Of?

CNN is reporting that despite previous statements, presumptive Democratic candidate Barack Obama is backing away from plans to join with his Republican counterpart John McCain in several Lincoln-Douglas style Presidential debates this fall.

Obama campaign officials feel there won't be enough time to debate McCain outside of three proposed debates by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Obama spokeshole Jen Psaki told CNN "It's likely they will be the three appearances by the candidates this fall."

Though Obama is great on the stump, he may not be comfortable in a debate performance where he can't rely on a teleprompter. In this video of Obama with right wing nut job Alan Keyes during the 2004 Illinois US Senate race (the one where Obama coasted to victory because Jack Ryan, now former husband of hot Star Trek babe Jeri Ryan, was dumb enough to get into a sex scandal and the dumbass Illinois Republican Party tried to get Mike Ditka to run against BHO but wound up with the just to right of Atila the Hun Keyes, who wasn't even an Illinois resident.) Obama is clearly uncomfortable defending his opposition to gay marriage.