I'll be watching tonight's Fox News/Google GOP presidential debate from Orlando with heightened interest because at least a dozen of the questions will come from oridinary "Joes" and "Janes." So far, over 18,000 questions have been submitted, and some samples can be viewed here.
Two of the hottest topics are immigration and government spending, which have been virtually ignored in past debates. These issues have been virtually ignored in past debates, where panelists were more concerned with generating conflict among the candidates or lobbying "gotcha" questions. (Even Fox was guilty of this in its previous debate.)
So finally, we should find out which of the GOP candidates have the best answers to those and other questions important to the electorate, not to pundits and reporters.
I also hope questions will be asked about the Solyndra, Fast and Furious, and Light Squared scandals which deserve much more media attention than they have been receiving. Undoubtedly, if these scandals had happened under Bush, they would have drowned out all other news in the mainstream media for weeks.
Tonight's debate is at 9 p.m. on Fox News Channel. (Thank goodness it comes on after The Big Bang Theory!)
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