Extemp Questions
1. How damaging is the new national intelligence report concerning Iran's nuclear capabilities for the Bush administration?
2. Is the surge in Iraq working?
3. Will global warming be one of the major political issues in the 2008 presidential election?
4. Why is Huckabee gaining ground in the GOP primaries?
5. What reforms are needed to stabalize the Japanese economy?
6. After the recent rebuke at the polls over constitutional reform, what does the future hold for Hugo Chavez?
7. Why did John Howard's Liberal Party recently lose the Australian parliamentary elections?
8. Should Russia be expelled from the G8?
9. What can be done to lower college tuition costs?
10. Will going negative against Barack Obama help Hillary Clinton regain lost ground in the polls?
1. Will Mike Huckabee's comments about AIDS patients in 1992 cost him the GOP primary?
2. Why are food prices increasing?
3. How much of a say should Felipe Calderon have on U.S. immigration policy?
4. Is Israel intentionally exaggerating Iran's nuclear threat?
5. What should Congress do about the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes?
6. Will Oprah help or hurt Obama?
7. Should the U.S. have approved the Libya-France nuclear deal?
8. Is it wise for Great Britain to adopt a training-only role in Iraq?
9. Should the Western world do a better job integrating Muslim immigrants?
10. Is Dmitry Medvedev a lock to win Russia's presidential election in March?
1. What will be the political impact of Gordon Brown's decision to sign the Lisbon treaty without holding a referendum?
2. Will Joe Lieberman's endorsement help John McCain's presidential campaign?
3. Is Iraq fading as a 2008 campaign issue?
4. Are central banks doing enough to solve the credit crunch?
5. What will Cuba be like after Fidel?
6. Will conservatives retake the presidency of South Korea?
7. Is abolishing the Internal Revenue Service a feasible tax reform?
8. What does the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC leader hold for the future of South Africa?
9. Does the media have a liberal bias?
10. Would Huckabee be a "Huckabust" in the general election?
1. With just two days remaining, who will win the Democratic Party's Iowa caucus?
2. With just two days remaining, who will win the GOP's Iowa caucus?
3. What effect will the assassination of Benazir Bhutto have on Pakistan's political system?
4. Can China save the world economy?
5. Are family politics hurting South Asian nations?
6. Should states or the federal government regulate carbon emissions?
7. Has Pope Benedict XVI strengthened or weakened the Catholic Church?
8. Should polar bears be added to the "threatened" species list?
9. Were the recent Kenyan elections fair?
10. After a year in control of Congress, what grade does the Democratic Party deserve?
1. Who is the best "candidate for change" in the presidential race?
2. What can the international community do to lower violence over the outcome of the recent Kenyan elections?
3. How can the U.S. best combat gang violence?
4. Why is America's public transit system so poor?
5. Should the U.S. invade Pakistan if radicals seize control of the country?
6. What is the message from the recent Thai elections?
7. Are the Kirchner's putting Chavez's interests over those of the Argentinian people?
8. Should John Edwards have left the Democratic race after Iowa?
9. How should Ban Ki-moon's first year as UN Secretary General be graded?
10. What went wrong for Hillary in Iowa?
1. Will recent racial tensions in the Democratic Party between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama weaken the party for the general election?
2. Is the world taking the threat of nuclear terrorism seriously?
3. Has the Reagan coalition collapsed?
4. Is Indonesia going the way of Iran or Turkey?
5. Will an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve stop a U.S. recession?
6. Is Mitt Romney's candidacy dead?
7. Will the world hit peak oil production in the next decade?
8. Is a third party necessary to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
9. Why did Saakashvili win the recent Georgian presidential election?
10. Should China be applauded for switching its capital punishment method from firing squad to lethal injection?
1. Who will win the Democratic South Carolina presidential primary?
2. Why is Martin Torrijos losing support in Panama?
3. Should there be a 90 day freeze on home foreclosures?
4. What does a nationalist win in round one of the Serbian presidential contest say about the prospects for continued peace in the Balkans?
5. Can a recently brokered peace deal bring calm to East Congo?
6. What can America do to improve inner city schools?
7. Will gas shortages in Iran be the end of Ahmadinejad?
8. Are Americans ignoring Social Security's impending doom?
9. Is felony disenfranchisement constitutional?
10. Has Rudy Giuliani's campaign strategy backfired?
1. Was Obama's win in South Carolina meaningful?
2. Have oil prices peaked?
3. Should Colombia's government cease labeling FARC as a terrorist organization?
4. What does a KMT rout in recent legislative elections mean for future Taiwan-Chinese relations?
5. Is Egypt harming the Middle East peace process by allowing people to cross its Gaza border?
6. What would be the best stimulus package for the U.S. economy?
7. Are the prospects for political compromise in Iraq any better now than before the U.S. troop surge?
8. Should the GOP base support John McCain over Mitt Romney?
9. What does the future hold for No Child Left Behind?
10. Should organ donation be mandatory?