Newt Gingrich nailed it: almost without exception, they were "gotcha" questions, confronting the candidates with past embarrassments (such as the mass exodus of Gingrich's campaign staffers) or past statements or actions at variance with the orthodoxy (such as countenancing tax hikes or supporting cap-and-trade).
It was a historic occasion for Justin Scott, a member of the Cedar Valley Atheists who made headlines earlier this year by confronting presidential candidates about their faith on the campaign trail.
In Mrs. Koppell, the senator is confronting a candidate with widespread name recognition and significant financial resources.
Not only will you be confronting the candidate with the most experience and strongest poll numbers, you will also be going up against practically the entire Democratic establishment: the best campaign managers, the wiliest spinmeisters, the biggest of big-name endorsers, the most modern technology, and the deepest pockets.
Using a novel Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm together with ABC model selection on our simulated data we show that these procedures provide reliable model selection and parameter inference and hence, should be suitable for confronting our candidate FCM models with data collected at the end of the experiment.
It's the only prime-time national event at which ordinary citizens are allowed to directly confront the candidates.
During a visit here today, President Clinton weighed in on two contentious issues that have confronted the candidates seeking to succeed him.
With so many other issues to confront, both candidates have bet that the uneasy peace in those festering suburbs will hold at least until Sunday's election.
In both cases, voters were confronted with candidates hobbled by their own judgment, or lack thereof, more than by world events, economic turns or the demographic tides of the nation.
From New Hampshire to Washington state and Nevada, Black Lives Matter activists have confronted presidential candidates, calling on them to address issues such as poverty, racial profiling by police, incarceration and homelessness.
