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The Buzz Debate

  Today's question:  What's the best thing you can say about your opponent?

   Watch Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill answer here.

   Be sure and vote Tuesday.

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Today's question:  How do you define torture?

See Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill answer here.

   Tomorrow's question:  What's the best thing you can say about your opponent?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Today's question:  Is global warming real, and do you support a tax increase to reduce emissions?

  See Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer here.

  Tomorrow's question:  How do you define torture?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Today's question:  Do you think your children should enlist in the military, when they're old enough to do so?

  Watch Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill answer here.

  Tomorrow's question:  Do you think global warming is real, and do you support a tax increase to reduce emissions?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Today's question:  Do you believe the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches leans too far in either direction, or is just right?

   See Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer here.

   Tomorrow's question:  Do you think your children should enlist in the military, when they're old enough to do so?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

  Today's question: Should the government pay farmers not to grow certain crops?

  To watch Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer, click here.

  Tomorrow's question:  Do you believe the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches leans too far in either direction, or is it just right?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Today's question:  What can be done to provide jobs and industry in rural Missouri so people don't leave?

   Watch Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill here.

  Tomorrow's question:  Should the government pay farmers not to grow certain crops?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

  Today's question:  Do you believe members of Congress should be able to earmark certain expenditures for their home states?

  Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer here.

  Tomorrow's question:  What can be done to provide jobs and industry in rural Missouri so people won't leave?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Today's question:  Do you support a line-item veto?

   See Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer here.

   Tomorrow's question:  Do you believe members of Congress should be able to earmark certain expenditures for their home states?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

  Today's question:  Is the taking of one human life to save another ever justified?

   Watch Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill answer here.

   Tomorrow's question:  Do you support a line-item veto?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

  Today's question:  "Do you believe a permanent reduction in the estate tax should be linked with a national increase in the minimum wage?

See and hear Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer here.

  Tomorrow's question:  "Is the taking of a human life to save another ever justified?"

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

  Question:  Do you believe Social Security will survive in its current state?

   To see and hear Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer, click here.

   Tomorrow's question:  Do you think a permanent reduction in the estate tax should be linked with an increase in the national minimum wage?

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

  Today's question:  Do you believe, as the National Rifle Association argues, that possessing firearms is a human right, or should it be limited to the United States?

   Watch Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill answer here.

   Tomorrow's question:  Do you believe Social Security will survive in its current state?

UPDATE, Tuesday, 4:45 PM:  As several posters have pointed out, it takes several steps, including identification, to purchase "automatic" weapons.  In her interview, Claire McCaskill said purchasing "automatic assault weapons" at a gun show does not currently require ID.

   McCaskill's campaign spokeswoman says McCaskill meant to say "semi-automatic assault weapons."

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Question:  "Do you believe the war on drugs has been effective?"

   Watch Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill answer here.

   Tomorrow's question: "Do you believe, as the NRA argues, that possessing firearms is a right all humans possess, or should it be limited to the United States?"

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

   Question: "Should Americans be allowed to purchase prescription drugs from Canada?"

   Watch Claire McCaskill and Jim Talent answer here.

   Tomorrow's question:  "Do you believe the war on drugs has been effective?"

Posted by Dave Helling

The Buzz Debate

    Question:  "What mistakes has your party made in the last five years, and how would you correct them?"

    Watch Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill answer here.

    Tomorrow's question:  Should Americans be allowed to purchase prescription drugs from Canada?

Posted by Dave Helling