There has been a lot of hubbub this month about the primary debates.  Senator Obama was asked tough questions about his associations and beliefs that hadn't come up in previous debates.  Since his less-than-stellar performance in the Pennsylvania primary debate, he has flip-flopped on his willingness to compete in the debate format.  No amount of jabbing by Senator Clinton, nor petitions from voters have persuaded him to change his mind.

Senator Obama is ducking.  

In Obama: No More Debates Before Next Primary, at FOXNEWS.COM, an article previewing Sunday's interview with Fox's Chris Wallace, Obama was definite about not debating:

"Asked why he was repeatedly "ducking" Clinton's debate challenges before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, Obama said, as he has before, that he just wants to spend time with voters.

"I'm not ducking. We've had 21 (debates), and so what we've said is, with two weeks, two big states, we want to make sure we're talking to as many folks possible on the ground taking questions from voters," he said, so no debates.

"We're not going to have debates between now and Indiana," he said.