"The Aug. 22 event planned at UNR is co-sponsored by the Washington D.C.-based Brookings Institution and ABC News. In an attempt to give candidates more time to discuss issues, organizers have invited only the top four in the national polls - Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.; former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.; Obama and Richardson.
None of the campaigns has responded to the invitations sent Friday.
"We don't want to have a debate, and we don't want to have sound bites," said Melissa Skolfield, spokeswoman for the Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan public policy think tank. "What we would like to offer the candidates is a chance to talk for 20 or 30 minutes about the issues."
....the debates candidates are becoming the new "reality tv"... we'll soon find out, who's in and who's out. 
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