Assembly members in swing districts, who should always be looking for issues that overarch party divisions, should also speak out -- including Jonathan Bing of Manhattan and Adam Bradley of White Plains.
BBC Pop Up is looking for issues that will resonate in other parts of the country and internationally, but the project also aims to reflect the diversity of American life.
What they are looking for are issues that are contested enough to feel hot, but that have pretty strong consensus from the tastemakers, mavens and social-media influencers of the day.
"It's a hunt-and-peck type market," said Alan Ackerman, executive vice president of Fahnestock & Company .Bargain hunters are looking for specific issues, and their timetable is extremely short.
Sounds a lot like what Governor Pataki told the mothers' group in June: "I hope there are not those in Albany who are looking for political issues as opposed to impacting people's lives".
"Republicans are looking for an issue in this very Democratic state," Quinn added.
If government leaders are looking for another issue to tackle, they might consider the astonishing evolution of America's police forces over the last 30 years.
We are looking for questions on issues and problems you care about.
Wall Street bankers said Mark Zuckerberg wasn't going to show up in New York on Monday, the first leg of the "road show," or publicity campaign to make sure the company he founded in his dorm room, Facebook, is worth close to the estimated $100 billion he and his bankers are looking for when they issue stock to the public for the first time next week.
Public disagreement on the strategy hasn't helped easyJet's share price, and investors are looking for clarity on this issue, said Stephen Furlong, an analyst with Davy Stockbrokers.
