Some debate locations are truly too relevant:

There's a push to have New Orleans host one of the presidential campaign debates next year. Mitch is right that bringing the candidates to New Orleans makes sense:

Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said the committee tries to locate debates in places relevant to the race. He said he couldn't imagine a better place than New Orleans -- not just for questions about disaster response, but transportation, education, health and commerce.

There's no way the Republicans will agree to this, no matter who their nominee is. All any Democratic candidate with a spine has to do is say something like this:

"I'm surprised my opponent had the balls to show up in this city. Unless he is willing to totally repudiate the policies and decisions of the Bush administration with respect to how they've handled New Orleans since Hurrican Katrina's landfall, his presence in this city is offensive and objectionable."

Of course, there isn't a Democrat in the race with those kind of balls. Pity.

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