Post #2: GOP Debate News - 12 down and 14 to go with [perhaps] the best of the bunch being held this afternoon/evening. Time: 2 to 4 pm Pacific time!

From The Family Leader: Pleasant Hill, IOWA. – The FAMiLY LEADER, in conjunction with CitizenLink (the family advocacy arm of Focus on the Family) and the National Organization for Marriage, is pleased to announce that political pollster, Dr. Frank Luntz, will moderate the “Thanksgiving Family Forum – A Family Discussion with the Republican Candidates” on Saturday, Nov. 19. The forum will take place in Des Moines, Iowa at First Federated Church from 4:00-6:00 p.m (5 to 7 Eastern; 2 to 4 pm pst). (end of quote)

What is surprising, to me, is the fact that Mitt Romney has chosen to skip this particular discussion. He and Jon Huntsman have put out that they will not be present. Both are Mormons. Coincidence? I really do not know. Understand that as relates to the political scene, I have no complaint with Mormonism. If Mormons are disqualified because they are Mormons, so too are Reformed Lutherns if Baptists are making the decision, or Catholics if Protestants get to decide, or . . . . . . . . . . . you get the point.

For whatever reason, Romney is making a huge mistake in not attending. This will be a two hour discussion and should prove invaluable in the course of determining the GOP presidential candidate.

Live Stream: CitizenLink.com (Around 5pm ET)

Audio Stream: Bott Radio Network (Around 4:30pm ET)

Confirmed Participants: Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Paul, Perry, Santorum

The event was to have been aired on C-Spin, but "due to budgetary considerations," C-Spin reversed its decision and will air a book review or an in depth discussion on the place of the centipede in the larger environmental scheme of life and death. ( I am thinking since "god" has nothing to do with much of anything with this bunch of know nothings, maybe the centipede does).

The remaining 14 debates, including tonight's, include the following:

§ November 19, 2011
The Family Leader Forum
Des Moines, Iowa

§ November 22, 2011
CNN, American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation Debate
Washington DC . . . . . . . . . . (12 remaining debates on "page 2")

§ November 30, 2011
CNN and Arizona Republican Party Debate
Mesa, Arizona

§ December 10, 2011
ABC News and Republican Party of Iowa Debate
Des Moines, Iowa

§ December 15, 2011
FOX News and Republican Party of Iowa Debate
Sioux City, Iowa

§ December 19, 2011
Iowa Public Television, The Des Moines Register, PBS NewsHour, Google and YouTube Debate
Johnston, Iowa

§ December 2011
Telemundo and NBC News Debate
Las Vegas, Nevada

§ January 7, 2012
ABC News and WMUR-TV Debate
Manchester, New Hampshire

§ January 8, 2012
NBC News, Facebook and New Hampshire Union Leader Debate
Concord, New Hampshire

§ January 16, 2012
FOX News and Republican Party of South Carolina Debate
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

§ January 19, 2012:
CNN and Southern Republican Leadership Conference Debate
Charleston, South Carolina

§ January 23, 2012:
NBC News, National Journal, St. Petersburg Times and The Florida Council of 100 Debate
Tampa, Florida

§ January 226, 2012:
CNN and Republican Party of Florida Debate
Jacksonville, Florida

§ March 5, 2012
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Debate
Simi Valley, California