Charles Pierce has a bit to say concerning the upcoming debates:

What do people expect from Romney at this point? He did the fan dance for his lunatic base, and it got him the nomination, but it boxed him in on so many issues that it made running in the general election an almost impossible task even for a good candidate, which he is not. On what issues can he be expected to “knock the president out”? Now, he’s got advice pouring in from the likes of N. Leroy Gingrich, Definer of Civilization’s Rules and Leader (Perhaps) of the Civilizing Forces, whom, it should be pointed out, Romney beat like a drum just at the moment in which Gingrich’s dark star seemed to be ascendant.

Some days, Mr. Pierce is the only reason I have any hope left in the media.