So we now have the speaking order at next Tuesday’s Oxford-style debate in New York about the motion:

California is the first failed state.

In the opening remarks, which are 7 minutes each, I go first, followed by former governor Gray Davis. The full line-up is as follows:

1. FOR–Andreas Kluth
2. AGAINST–Gray Davis
3. FOR–Sharon Waxman
4. AGAINST–Van Jones
5. FOR–Bobby Shriver
6. AGAINST–Lawrence O’Donnell

In the closing remarks (2 minutes each), the line-up is:

1. AGAINST–Lawrence O’Donnell
2. FOR–Andreas Kluth
3. AGAINST–Van Jones
4. FOR–Sharon Waxman
5. AGAINST–Gray Davis
6. FOR–Bobby Shriver

May the audience be edified.