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I find that very hard to believe, sure they probaly dont have anything ready for actually testing (I believe what was said in the interview was that they couldnt test theDeathKnigh as raid tank yet as they had no bosses done), but they must have some designed etc. Unless we are to believe the raid team has been wanking off since they stopped working on Sunwell?
As I see it its more of 1) we dont want to talk about more raid stuff yet 2) Being misunderstood.

For the release date I was assuming it would be september/november back when it was first announced, but its fair to say it will be pretty difficult for them to get it out so soon, when we arent even getting into beta yet.
They probably learned something from TBC release, about what has to be done and what can wait hen getting the expansion out (like not rushing out raid instances which are not tested anyway). Maybe they will just throw the next raid instances after Naxx up on test server shortly after Wotlk is released. Judging from the info (or lack of) we have so far, it surely seems like the PvP stuff (outdoor zone, arenas, BG) is what is lacking most to get ready, but who really knows, maybe its due to PR rather than actual progress.
It was more or less stated in interviews that we could expect to see talent trees at WWI, if thats ends up being true, it doesnt seem so far off the time schedule back in TBC alpha/beta leaks.
Getting it out around December is probably still doable, but its going to require some smooth progress until then, if we can trust earlier releases and what we know so far, which isnt much.