These clips are from a radio interview Brown did on a Susanville, CA Radio Station KSUE 1240am a few weeks ago.

They demonstrate the problems Charlie Brown will have in a debate – first off, listen to his communication style. It will put people to sleep.

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Clip one – “Not my energy plan” Really? Then this proves that Brown is parroting Nancy Pelosi. Any doubt is removed when he cites a drop in Oil prices without stating that the reason was the fact that Bush is going to let a drilling moratorium expire.

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Clip two – “I don’t care what Obama does…” either Brown is being disengenuous or he is annoying his base. Then – he gets back on his talking points, parroting the Oil Companies are sitting on their leases (which is a lie, they will lose them under existing law if not used).

He then goes back to the American Can’t argument saying that nothing will happen for 10 years.

Then he says, “drilling is taking our eye off the ball” Nice soundbyte – are they sure they want to debate. That soundbyte is great fodder for radio ads!

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Clip three – circular logic, that will work great in a debate… not.

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Clip four – says government needs to drive priuses. Nice feel good deflection from the real issue. I guess Charlie has a politician streak after all.

These clips illustrate the extreme risk debates pose to Charlie Brown. It is the opinion of this blogger that Brown is pushing for debates because he is the challenger and his campaign is starting to slip.

A major website has changed the race from “toss-up” to “likely Republican”, by-passing the “leans Republican” level.

My prediction – debates will occur in some form and the Colonel will get overrun by the General.