It's intriguing that not only don't the Brokaws ask the questions on so many omnipartisan minds, as many VOLPAC posters within have noted, but notice not a single candidate or party for ANY office(s) ever sends out asking what THEIR supporters want answered in any debate or other format(s).

Given the political year baggage of Iraq, immigration, HR 1955/287g, UN anti-defamation activity of FUNDAMENTALIST Islam and leaders who support it, Darfur and Janjaweed, abortion, euthanasia, sterilization of the non-winners of bailout/tax and financial incentives of winners to have as many kids as they can proposed by some States, government criticisms of Christians despite at least 80% of population having Christian beliefs, and lack of just how exactly this bailout will THIS time save jobs/stop salary cuts/restore those now on reverse or regular mortgage brinks/promote great education/provide quality healthcare (all this just for starters), you'd think there could be SOMETHING in there any candidate for ANY office...let alone McCain or Obama...would just go ahead and weave their opinions on same into any anticipated debate answer.

While it's super-cool gas pump prices are falling every day, the failure of any candidates to talk about anything within aforementioned...which have not YET gone away, in some cases only recently arising...makes it seem like at best only "anecdotal pockets" of marginalized types would even ask them, thus they're not important to most voters any more than is how they'd be addressed ex officio, and thus why should any candidate or campaign or party or moderator/media anywhere even waste time on them.

If the goal is to sell to the Eastern Hemisphere all is perfect here and only bitter people not worth wasting your time worrying about will be toppled, it seems only fair to let the soon-to-be "toppled" so much as know they exist.

I hope that more candidates will at least quip about how great or small they think issues like security versus rights, probable cause versus "what if", jobs, religious freedom, and the like should occupy in any officeholder's policies and legislations. As it is, right now, believe it or not, as BRAC and recruitment office closures go petal to the metal, even puny runts like MyMood Alibabajihad are shooting down our USAF planes if close enough to him, with the only known USA officialdom reply seeming to be "shhhh!!!! Whatever you do or don't say will either provoke or support Islamic terror!Shhhhh!!! Be quiet, stare at your shoes, it'll improve if we think positive and agree it is, and say, can I have some more of your rights and cash to return it tenfold in ways I can't mention due to loose lips sinking ships "...in other words, Bush's Third Term, already.