Preparing for the election

Megachurch pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren will hold another Q & A session with up-and-coming presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, similar to the one he held in 2008 with Obama and John McCain. Although a date has not been finalized, both campaigns are considering the week of August 20–24 for the forum to take place. Warren told Fox News that the purpose of the forum is "to promote social civility so that people with major disagreements [can] talk without beating each other up." Warren said he expects the forum to have a similar format to the last one, where he interviewed each candidate separately.