Patrick Hynes, author of Ankle Biting Pundits and John McCain's modern media guy, takes a swipe at the SaveTheDebate coalition (of which I'm a co-founder), arguing that we're letting Mitt Romney "off the hook" too easily:

...but it is terribly difficult for me to take such an effort as “Save the Debate” seriously if they continue to let former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney off the hook for blowing off the debate they endeavored to save.

If the debate were next month, Patrick may have a point to take up with me and others if Mitt had yet to accept an invitation. However, the debate is scheduled for November 28 -- more than three months from now.

I asked Kevin Madden, Mitt Romney's press secretary to comment on the upcoming YouTube/CNN debate, and he said, "We have had regular contact with CNN, we are aware of the date they have settled upon and we will, of course consider the invitation when we make decisions about our travel schedule for late November."

In other words, Mitt's not saying "no." He just isn't in a position, yet, to say "yes."

Let's give them some room to make a decision that we're all comfortable with. Fortunately, the debate's not going anywhere.