We're in the home stretch of the presidential campaign as election day nears seven weeks from today.

At this point, we're waiting for those debates to happen. The Commission on Presidential Debates has debates between George W. Bush and John Kerry scheduled, with one debate between vice presidential candidates Dick Cheney and John Edwards.

Last week, however, news reports said the Bush campaign is trying to skip out on the second debate. The reason? The town hall format where questions from the audience are allowed.

Here's the schedule as proposed by the commission.

First presidential debate: University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Thursday, September 30
Jim Lehrer, Anchor and Executive Editor, The NewsHour, PBS

Vice presidential debate: Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Tuesday, October 5
Gwen Ifill, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, and Moderator, Washington Week, PBS

Second presidential debate: Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Friday, October 8
Charles Gibson, Co-Anchor, ABC News Good Morning America

Third presidential debate: Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Wednesday, October 13
Bob Schieffer, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Moderator, Face the Nation