GOP Debate: Questions For The Field

Tonight, seven Republicans will appear before the CNN cameras in the largest GOP 2012 presidential debate to date. FrumForum suggests some questions for the candidates.

Bachmann: "This weekend you told Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal that you read Ludwig von Mises on the beach. Which of Mises' ideas seem to you most relevant to our present economic problems?"

Pawlenty: "Does it bother you that fewer Minnesotans had health insurance at the end of your governorship than at the start?"

Paul: "How is it libertarian for government to fix the dollar price of gold rather than allow that price to be determined in a free market?"

Romney: "You were born rich and have become even richer. In your speeches you praise corporate CEOs. Your closest advisers and most important supporters are all multi-millionaires. You supported TARP, but opposed action to rescue auto jobs. How can you possibly understand or advance the concerns of ordinary American families?"

Santorum: "You say that when government provides health care it 'takes away our freedom.' When you voted to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, were you voting to 'take away our freedom'?"

Cain: "Why is your pizza so god-awful?"

Gingrich: "You and Nancy Pelosi together vowed in this video to demand action to solve climate change. What steps did the two of you take? How would you assess the success of your Gingrich-Pelosi initiative?"