Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd, just to add two names to the list.

Democratic presidential candidates Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd will not participate in a Democratic debate co-sponsored by Fox News Channel this fall, joining their three top rivals in bypassing the event.

I guess they’re afraid that someone at FOX will huff and puff and ask them a real question.

Their decisions, acknowledged by campaign aides Wednesday, is sure to disappoint the Congressional Black Caucus, whose political education and leadership institute is Fox’s partner in the debate.

Better to disappoint the Congressional Black Caucus than to offend the tin-foil hat brigade.

But Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, and Dodd, a senator from Connecticut, have been under pressure to shun the debate from liberal groups who say Fox is biased against Democrats.

They join the distinguished trio of John (“just the poor kids who get sent to war“) Edwards, comrade Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama, who have already announced that they would not participate caved.

But Colorofchange.org, an organization of black online activists, and the liberal MoveOn.org have agitated against Fox with an Internet campaign that includes video excerpts of conservative Fox commentators. MoveOn this week initiated an e-mail campaign urging backers to call Biden’s campaign to demand he back out of the debate.

Wow. Just Wow.

Imagine the future. . .

President Hillary Obamwards announced today that from now on all questions for the president will have to be vetted by press secretary Michael Moore.

I’m going to have nightmares.