This email made me want to reach for a drink:
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan today announced plans to invite all of the leading contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination to two debates at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The Reagan Presidential Foundation plans to play host to both the first GOP presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle in spring 2011 and a second GOP debate on the eve of the Super Tuesday primaries.
The Reagan Foundation has confirmed NBC News as the television partner and POLITICO as the online partner of the first debate.
The 2012 election is already underway. I want to cry.