Ok so Clinton, Obama and the rest boycotted the debate occurring on Fox News. So they had a liberal love fest rally instead on one of the big three maybe NBC. Now here we have the GOP debate on MSNBC and Chris Mathews as the moderator. Who’s closing question was about if it would be better to have Clinton back in the white house. And here is the list of questions. • In the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, just 22 percent believe this country is on the right track. Mayor Giuliani, how do we get back to Ronald Reagan's "morning in America"? • Most of the public pessimism today has to do with Iraq. How -- what would you need, as commander in chief, to win the war in Iraq? • Recent polls in the Islamic world reveal a sea of hostility toward the United States, feeding what General Petraeus calls the central front of al Qaeda in Iraq. How do we win this war if every dead terrorist is so easily replaced? • How do you deal with the problem, revealed in a recent Zogby poll, that in countries that are moderate, you mentioned -- like Jordan, Morocco, Turkey, another Islamic country -- 10, 12 percent of the people support us; the rest are angry at us. Doesn't that create a sea of recruitment opportunity for our enemy? And how -- I'm just asking, do we have to reduce that temperature of hatred before we win the war, or simply continue to fight the terrorists? • I'd like to get your views about how you balance loyalty and accountability. Would you have fired Don Rumsfeld before last November? • Do you think a general shake-up in this administration's Cabinet right now would be good for the administration? • Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson said that Iran has already committed acts of war. Do you agree? And secondly, as part of that, what's your trip wire for a U.S. strike in Iran? • Imagine you're president of the United States and this is a likely or possible scenario, certainly plausible. You get a call from the prime minister of Israel, the prime minister of Israel, who's now Ehud Olmert, saying Israel's about to strike Iran's nuclear sites and he wants U.S. help. What do you say? When speaking about Osama bin Laden last week, Governor Romney said, quote, "It's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars, just trying to catch one person." Senator McCain called that naive. Who's right? • Sarah (sp) from Arlington, Virginia, wants to know if you would comfortable with Tom Tancredo, a staunch opponent of illegal immigration, as head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. • Should we change our Constitution which we believe is divinely inspired -- -- to allow men like Mel Martinez, the chairman of your party, born in Cuba, great patriot, senator from Florida, and Arnold Schwarzenegger to stand here some night? • Daniel Dukovnic (sp) from Walnut Creek, California, wants to know: What do you dislike most about America? • Do you believe global warming exists? • David Diamond from Memphis writes in, "Do you have a plan to solve the shortage of organs donated for transplant?" • Maggie from Highland Park, Illinois, wants to know if you consider yourself a compassionate conservative, like President Bush. • If you were president, would you work to phase out the IRS? • Would the day that Roe v. Wade is repealed be a good day for Americans? • Would you support the use of public funds for abortion? [edited] • We're in the house of Ronald Reagan. Every cab driver in America knew what Ronald Reagan stood for: defeat communism abroad, reduce big government at home. Can you restore that kind of unity of purpose? • How do you unify the country the way Reagan did, a good portion of the country? • How do you reconcile this moral -- moral leadership kind of role of conservatism with the very libertarian strain of conservatism, the Barry Goldwater conservatism that you represent? How do you put together what he just said with what you believe in a unified national purpose? • What do you say to Roman Catholic bishops who would deny communion to elected officials who support abortion rights? • Congressman Hunter, Governor Schwarzenegger -- who is here tonight -- has won the state twice by downplaying partisanship and taking centrist positions on the environment, immigration, abortion. Is that the way to win for Republicans? • Do you want to keep [Karl Rove] in the White House if you get elected president as the president's chief political operative? • Has the increased influence of Christian conservatives in your party been good for it? • What's with your party and all this corruption? • A through F, how would you rate the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war? • Is racism still a problem in our society? And can a president do anything about it? • David Kim (sp) from here in California wants to know, beside yourself, who do you think should be the Republican nominee for president of the United States, and why? • Anyone with disagree with the strong anti-illegal immigration position? • Kenyu Thomas (sp) from Honolulu, Hawaii, wants to know if you watched Al Gore's environmental documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." • Bob Hussey (sp) from Minnesota writes that perhaps the most important skill a good president must have is the ability to make good, sound decisions, often in a crisis situation. Please cite an example when you had to make a decision in crisis. • This question comes from Malika (sp) in Washington, DC. Women are the fastest growing prison population. Most are mothers who are non-violent, first-time offenders. What will you do to address the issue of mothers behind bars and the children left behind? • We have Mrs. Reagan here. The camera will not focus on her, but I will tell you, it will now focus on you. Mrs. Reagan wants to expand federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Will that progress under your administration? • I want each candidate to mention a tax he'd like to cut, in addition to the Bush tax cuts, keeping them in effect. • Senator McCain, you said you plan to appoint a Democrat to a major Cabinet post. Tell us some of the Democrats you've got in mind. We'll give you bonus points if you give us a name other than Senator Lieberman. • Ryan from Los Angeles wants you to name one thing that the federal government does really well and one thing that it does poorly. • Do you believe in evolution? • Robert Dietricht (sp) from Towson, Maryland, wants to know which Cabinet official would be at the top of the list of those you'd like to carry into your administration if you're elected. • He wants to know, what is the difference between a Sunni and a Shi'a Muslim? • Carrie (sp) from Connecticut asks, do you trust the mainstream media? • A reader wants to know if your personal religious beliefs influence your foreign policy thinking. • Jessie (sp) from Madison wants to know, what do you consider to be your most significant weakness as a candidate for the president of the United States? • In light of the scandals plaguing the current administration and its allies, involving corruption and cronyism, which mistakes have you learned not to repeat? • Will you work to protect women's rights, as in fair wages and reproductive choice? • I want you to explain it and defend it: a national tamper-proof ID card. • Do you think Scooter Libby should be pardoned? • Let me ask you a question which has grabbed a lot of Americans personally, the Terri Schaivo case. Again, it was a question of whether the United States -- the U.S. Congress should have intervened and passed a law to advise the appellate court whether to act or not in this case, the district court it was. Terri Schaivo, should Congress have acted or let the family make the decision, the husband? • Seriously, would it be good for America to have Bill Clinton back living in the White House? • How will you be different in any way from President George W. Bush?
