Please ask Dodd if he was the Golden Boy who met some little-bit autistic guy at Danbury (CT) High School. (That would be Robert Joyce.) I gotta know. (Public schools in CT were virtual private schools.)

Then the now generic drill about the morally and financially devastating war addiction of the Bush gang (and what will happen when Russia puts 'ABM' sites in Iran, etc.)

Connecticut is wild and wonderful and nutty. (And kinda pricey.) But I really like Dodd a lot. He is whip smart, and he has that great Nutmeg style, and he understands the good old pull-together approach.

I'd like to see them asked:

Would you favor a federal law ending "at will employment"?  i.e. Would they favor a law requiring employers to offer reason for firing employees, and severance pay where adequate cause for dismissal isn't established?

The United States is almost alone among OECD nations in the lack of rights for workers.

In the vast majority of countries, employers have to justify dismissal and offer severance where cause isn't established.

Placed in the context of what citizens in other industrialized democracies have in the way of workplace rights, the lack of equivalent rights for American workers is damning.  

I wrote on this last year.

I would ask Senator Dodd what three things he would do to lower the U.S. trade deficit.

How can anyone on the stage who supports NAFTA or CAFTA or fast track authority credibly contend that they support the rights or interests of American workers?

Josh

First, I am very glad they are in Nevada.

1. Will you repeal the element of the patriot act that allows the president to appoint states atty general indefinitely, without Senate Confirmation?

2. Will you protect the environment - specifically will you use your powers of office to respond to global warming ?

3. Will you attach a rider to no child left behind, to require that the schools provide children with a multivitamin and/or require them to eliminate junk food from their menu?

4. Will you call for a universal healthcare policy based on AFSCME and other models, that will allow - this is the key - price competition amongst medical establishments , and the public posting display of the cost of medical procedures. That is, ea. hospital participating has to list the cost of each procedure ?

In the same spirit as the previous poster, will you, without nuance, support universal health care? And will you publicly state that we will need to increase taxes to sustain this policy?  Edwards did this, what about you?

I would like to know where they stand on universal healthcare

I would like to know what they think of the Massachussets health care plan vis a vis universal health care. Do they think it's a good plan? Specifically, do they think $250/month premiums is an appropriate amount for a single person making $30,000 a year to pay?

p.s. I asked Senator Edwards this question on the Diane Rehm show and he basically said that if you make $30,000 a year in his plan your premiums will be "heavily subsidized" which was very good to hear considering the MA plan provides no subsidies for this income level.

Please ask Senator Dodd what he learned during the time he spent as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

John Edwards has asked Bush to suspend negotiations with South Korea on a trade pact.  It would be the biggest since NAFTA.  Where do you stand?

Do you support the Hamilton Project's view that free trade can be best supported by increased social prograns for those who are dislocated by it, or so you support more provisions on labor on environmental issues in trade agreements, which is somtimes described as fair trade?

What will you do and what have you done to help grow the union movement?

Not a question, but it bothers me that every declared candidate except Obama chose to go, and Obama is is California and could go.  Is Obama not yet ready for prime time in a forum with other candidates?    

What priority, and value, will the candidates give toward passing the Employee Free Choice Act?

John Foster
GCC/IBT Local 4C

Dodd was asked if Joe Wilson may himself be a liar.  Chris, as I understand it, said, "That may veyr well be. . ." before going on to answer another part of the questions in play in his own way.

Does Chris Dodd believe Joe Wilson is a liar, and if so, what part of anything Wilson has said in public has been a lie?

What would your Administration do to rebuild New Orleans?  What protections for labor would be built in as opposed to this administration going out of its way to use non-union, non-local labor?

Will you pledge to remove FEMA from contractor/cronies and to restore the professional, civil service management that efectively ran the agency in the past?

Do you take the war on terrorism seriously?  Do other Democrats?  What was Hillary Clinton thinking in making a blanket accusation against unnamed other Democrats.  Won't this strengthen Republican by reinforcing a major theme often used ruthlessly and inaccuratley against Democrats?

These are from my husband (turnerbroadcasting, who was banned from mydd by matt stoller), when I mentioned to him that you were collecting questions..

1. What are you planning to do, to stop the AIDS epidemic?

2. Do you support embryonic stem cell research?

3. What are your plans for the war on terror?

4. Would you support any move to make legislation easier to read, for example - banning anonymous riders on bills?

5. Do you wish the presidency to acquire the line item veto? That is to say, do you feel the office of the executive should have more power than it does now?

6. What is your favorite PC? Oh, sorry..  I meant to say ... How would you use technology such as the internet, blogs, and online forums - if you were elected president.(he asked me to type that as it is.. he had a judy woodward kind of look in his eye.. )

7. If your wife was attacked viciously right in front of you by a person who went on furlough from your prison release program, what would you do?  

How did he land that handsome devil, Tim Cullen?

j/k

Candidate Dodd rank these in order of importance:

War on Terror
Global warming
Universal Health Care

might you be so kind as to remove your head from ass and try to restore Habeas Corpus?

Thank you.

I would like you to ask Dodd (and the rest of the panel for that matter) if he/they support any measures to ensure privacy of personal information in light of what seems like every day news stories of company A losing a laptop with 500,000 social security numbers on it.

Ask ALL the democratic candidates that supported the war in 2002 who now oppose it this question......

You say you have the experience to be president BUT your experience led you to support a catastrophic mistake in iraq.......21 senators saw the same evidence and voted against the war.  Why should the Amnerican people trust your JUDGEMENT to be president?

I would ask him if he plans to raise taxes on the wealthy as a step towards reducing the federal spending deficit.  Edwards wasn't afraid to admit this was his intention, although that was in the context of health care.  An unequivocal "yes" is what I want to hear from all the candidates.  We can't keep running up debt!!

Will they support the public financing of federal elections and the repair of the presidential system? Will they make it a priority?

Without Reference to George Bush and the current administration, Why are you the best candidate for the job?

Right now, Dodd's in my top 3 and has momentum.  

That said, I'd like to ask all the senators who are running why they voted to reauthorize the USA-PATRIOT Act.

Were Union Stagehands used for the set-up of this venue?

.... Oh wait Obama is ducking this event.  

Seeing as how you are in Nevada, it might be interesting/insightful to ask the candidates what their thoughts are on the Fox News sponsored primary debate.

THe only way to take the money out of campaigns is to take the biggest cost out-- ad buys on media. The  way to do that is to require that all media give equal time or space, free, to qualified candidates. Will any of these candidates stand up for this?

Should it bother us that Marvin Bush owened the Security Company for the World Trade Centers?

It should.

Chris,

Does it bother you to learn the conditions that Walter Reed Memorial Hospital is in the condition that it's in.......given the fact that THE FORMER MAJORITY LEADER, TOM DELAY, USED TO BE AN EXTERMINATOR????

1) Do you think the Congress should preemptively deny Bush the authority to launch a non-Congressionally-approved attack on Iran?

2) What steps would he attempt as president to stop Global Warming?

3) What steps would he support to reduce American oil consumption?  

4) Is he willing to repeal all the Bush tax cuts for persons making over x per year?  What is x?

Context:  I really like Chris Dodd.  I'd love to see an Obama-Dodd ticket.  Edwards-Richardson is my second choice.

When Mark Foley told the Cngress that he had a House Page in his car with him, were his hands at 11&1, 2&10 or 6& developing penis?

What did saddam Hussein do that China doesn't do every day?

If leaving Iraq gives aid and comfort to the enemy, will Tony Blair be tried by Military Tribunal?

In addition to detailing what you will do about global warming, what steps have you taken in the past to deal with the threat?

How would you characterize the danger from Iran?

 If China is the one country that doesn't want us to fight Iran, is invading Iran a good reason to file bankruptcy on China?

With home foreclosures at a record high, can we just be imprisoned for the balance we owe on the debt that Reagan and Bush ran up?

Is it constitutional to be so far in debt? How can it be, if there's no plan to mathematically fix it?

Sir,

Yes or No: Would making it illegal to file bankruptcy assure our lenders that we can pay for the war?

Name 5 things that Senator George Voinovich should have investigated as Senate Ethics Committee chair.

Do you intend to get George Bush's Military records, or are you comforted that he has the experience to lead a military?

Did you really think Bush would find WMD's behind that curtain or under his desk?

When you were done laughing, did you tell your friends how funny it was? Why or why not?

If there was 670tons of $100 bills lost in hostile territory of a war zone, would you go campaigning before you found it?

A recent resurgence of coal has seen production increase over the last decade. However, in West Virginia, 90% of coal jobs have been lost due to the automation of labor inherent in strip mining and mountaintop removal coal mining. How can we stop this destruction of eastern mountains and watersheds while still protecting miners jobs?

Will you be having an opportunity to get any of the candidates or staff on BlogTalkRadio while you are there. I thought the Vilsack interview turned out well.

Thanks for the opp Jonathan. I'd like to ask Sen. Dodd what he plans to do with the credit card industry? Specifically, all the fees they charge including interchange and late fees.