And corrupt Louisiana Democrats are already complaining that they didn't get their piece of the pie when the sites were decided.

The Commission on Presidential Debates has picked Oxford, Miss.; St. Louis; Nashville; and Hempstead, N.Y., as the sites of the presidential and vice-presidential debates in the general election campaign next year.

New Orleans took offense at its omission, with a leader of one Louisiana advocacy group saying she had been told that the city had not recovered sufficiently from Hurricane Katrina to act as host of such an event. New Orleans was one of 16 finalists and has attracted major conventions since the hurricane devastated much of the city more than two years ago.

And, of course, those who continue to pimp Hurricane Katrina are upset that New Orleans did not get a debate.

The omission of New Orleans drew a sharp reaction from Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, who said the commission had “lost sight of the public interest it was chartered to serve.”

Anne Milling, founder of the advocacy group Women of the Storm, said Paul G. Kirk Jr., the commission’s Democratic co-chairman, had told her that New Orleans was “not ready” to be host of a debate, although, she said, the city surpassed all logistical requirements.

“Politics trumped the correct moral decision,” Ms. Milling said. “Supposedly, many people said that they would not be comfortable coming here,” because New Orleans stands as a rebuke to the federal government’s response to the hurricane.

What a load of crap. I've never understood anyone's interest in going to the right armpit of America (Detroit is the left armpit) for any reason whatsoever. And that was before Katrina.

Personally, I think there were better choices for these debates.

America's four largest cities are each in a different section of the country.

Hold one debate each in New York, LA, Chicago, and Houston. No one can doubt the availability of facilities for each city. We'd have one on each coast, one in the Midwest, and one in the South. What more could be asked for?

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