At approximately mid-afternoon, yesterday, the three co-sponsors of the scheduled April 23rd debate between the Republican candidates for the Hagan U.S. Senate seat announced that they had reconsidered and would include Mark Harris after all.

In related news, I was told today in a telephone call with a WRAL spokesperson that the debates would be broadcast live, which allayed my concern that they might tape and edit the debates in order to produce a later telecast that was biased toward Thom Tillis.

The debates will begin at 7pm, and will be viewable along the Crystal Coast on Time-Warner Cable Channels 14 and 200.  In addition, it may be streamed from the internet at TWCNews.com and newsobserver.com.