Members of the public with concerns can attend either debate or send in questions via e-mail or Twitter.
David Dayen makes a very good point, which I missed: during the Hofstra debate, in which questions were posed by members of the public rather than the Beltway elite, there wasn't a single question about the deficit.
The only problem: nobody cares about it, according to Paul Krugman. "During the Hofstra debate, in which questions were posed by members of the public rather than the Beltway elite, there wasn't a single question about the deficit.
"In debating the question in the coming years we must remember that there is only so much oxygen in the room," Ashcroft said.
That struggle came on the eve of the surveillance reform debate in Congress, raising questions about how strongly the White House will fight the reform efforts.
He skipped all the other candidate forums and debates, saying he was saving himself for the "Super Bowl," which also happened to be the only debate in which the questions were provided in advance.
The harsh treatment of Jamadi and other prisoners in C.I.A. custody, however, has inspired an emotional debate in Washington, raising questions about what limits should be placed on agency officials who interrogate foreign terrorist suspects outside U.S. territory.
The complaint says, among other things, that at the invitation of the Black Law Students Association, Professor Peltz took part in a legitimate academic debate in which he questioned the constitutionality and effectiveness of affirmative action.
During the first GOP debate in August 2015, Kelly questioned now President-elect Trump's fitness for the presidency, given his history of using unsavory names when referring to women.
The senator seemed to be participating in a different debate from everyone else, a debate in which even questions about women's health got answered with a plea for war in the Middle East.
