Bill Flores, the Republican challenging Waco Democrat U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, is so eager for President Barack Obama to visit his district that he’s willing to pay for it.

Obama, who Edwards supports in the 2008 elections, will be visiting Texas on Monday, and Flores would like to see the two Democrats hold a joint town hall. His campaign has even offered to cover the “reasonable cost of the venue.”

“Congressman Edwards sold Obama to Texas by citing his ‘judgment,’” Flores said in a statement. “It is time for them to explain to the voters why they have repeatedly forced a failing liberal agenda on Americans who do not want what the Pelosi-Obama-Edwards crowd is selling.”

Flores spokesman Matt Mackowiak says the campaign will consider the reasonableness of any proposal, but cautions that the offer only stands if Obama and Edwards appear together. Topics he figures they might cover include jobs, record deficits, out of control spending, and specific examples of good judgment on the part of Obama.

Mackowiak admits that the chances of such an event actually happening are not good. “Congressman Edwards hasn't held a town hall meeting in almost a year, so the chances are not good,” he says, using the opportunity to point out the Flores pledges to hold town hall meetings in the district at least twice a year if he is elected.

The Edwards campaign has been less than enthusiastic about the offer. Campaign spokeswoman Megan Jacobs shrugged it off as a cheap publicity stunt on the part of the Flores campaign.