The
Asheville Citizen-Times had an article in the paper on Saturday stating
that the debate will not take place between Charles and Heath. 
The reason as stated by the article:

Democratic congressional candidate Heath Shuler backed down from a
televised debate against longtime incumbent Charles Taylor on Friday,
saying he couldn?t clear time in his schedule.

Where
has informative politics gone?  I remember another debate when an
elder leader debated a younger opponent….(The Year I was Born!) In ’84!