Questions the panelists should ask

The panelists at the tonight's channel 13 debate should ask the candidates the following questions:

1. Looking back over the performance of Congress during the past twenty 20 years, what actions of Congress have there been that you think are examples of the Congress performing well in doing its job for the American people?

2.   Looking back over the performance of Congress during the past twenty 20 years, what actions or failures of action by Congress have there been that you think are examples of Congress performing poorly in doing its job for the American people?

3. Overall, if you put on one side of a sheet of paper what you answer to question 1, and on the other side of the sheet of paper what you answer to question 2, what letter grade, A to F, would you give to Congress for how well it has done its job for the American people over the past 20 years?

4. If you give a very poor overall grade to the performance of Congress over the past 20 years, do you think the performance of Congress will improve over the next two to six years?  If so, why do you think it will improve?

5.  If you give a very poor overall grade to the performance of Congress over the past 20 years, why do you think it has done so poorly?

6.  If you give a very poor overall grade to the performance of Congress over the past 20 years, do you have any ideas for how that performance can be improved?  If so, what are your ideas?

I have emailed these suggested questions to the the Channel 13 news director and he can decide whether the questions should be passed on to the panelists for their consideration.