Let's Play 20 Questions

A set of stumpers, nags, and insults for the 2008 field

David Weigel | February 16, 2007

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10) California Rep. Duncan Hunter
"You're perhaps the leading advocate for a fence on the Mexican border, as you won the funding for a border fence in California. However, that fence was a boondoggle that went far over budget and poured illegal immigrant traffic over into the Arizona desert. Does this call into question your solutions on illegal immigration?"

11) New York Sen. Hillary Clinton
"Defending your vote in favor of the Iraq resolution, you said: ‘As a senator from New York, I lived through 9/11 and am still dealing with the aftereffects.' What was Iraq's role in the 9/11 attacks?"

12) Illinois Sen. Barack Obama
"In your 2004 campaign for Senate, you approached the issue of a nuclear Iran this way: ‘Us launching some missile strikes into Iran is not the optimal position for us to be in. On the other hand, having a radical Muslim theocracy in possession of nuclear weapons is worse.' How far along would Iran's nuclear program have to get before an Obama administration launched missile strikes?"

13) Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards
"You have said you were mistaken to vote for the 2002 Iraq resolution. But you did more than that: You were a co-sponsor of Sen. Joe Lieberman's war resolution, along with Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, and Zell Miller. Given the arc of your flip-flop, why should anyone trust your judgment on foreign policy?"

14) Delaware Sen. Joe Biden
"You were the author of the RAVE Act in the Senate. Can you explain why glow sticks should be considered drug paraphernalia, and as president what you might do to prohibit them?"

15) Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd
"When you were a congressman, you argued for ending funding to South Vietnam by saying: 'The greatest gift our country can give to the Cambodian people is peace, not guns. And the best way to accomplish that goal is by ending military aid now.' With that in mind, don't you have a credibility problem when you talk about ending the Iraq war with minimal repercussions?"

16) Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack
"Did making English the official language of Iowa cut back on the state's influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico?"

17) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
"Could you defend and explain your conduct in the Wen Ho Lee case, and why it doesn't disqualify you from holding another job that would deal daily with issues of national security?"

18) Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich
"As a congressman, and now a committee chairman, you have made ‘media reform' a priority. What do you see as the president's role in regulating and limiting the media available to viewers?"

19) Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel
"If you were prohibited from appearing at any debates or candidate forums, would you still be in this race?"

And the 20^th question, a bonus question for any candidate who wants the extra points:

"You have to abolish one cabinet position. Name it."

Yes, that's more of a demand than a question. Easy to forget, but we're allowed to make those, too.

David Weigel is an associate editor of Reason.

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