Users were invited to submit questions to be asked generally or as directed to specific candidates after which a period of voting allowed users to uprate the ones they felt were most important.
The list of questions now on display on the voting page reflects a total of 3,656 questions as of 4pm on the afternoon of the debate (question submissions are still being accepted). Let's see which candidates are getting the most attention from users, using the sorting mechanism on the voting page:
| Candidate | User-submitted questions |
| Sam Brownback |  48 |
| Jim Gilmore | 18 |
| Rudy Giuliani | 321 |
| Mike Huckabee | 34 |
| Duncan Hunter | 39 |
| John McCain | 254 |
| Ron Paul | 379 |
| Mitt Romney | 146 |
| Tommy Thompson | 24 |
| Tom Tancredo | 57 |
| (unspecified) | 2,336 |
Top twenty questions for the top attention-getter, as of 4pm on the afternoon of the debate (voting continues, my choices are in bold):
1.
by Carolus on 04.28.2007 at 12:27 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Iraq
You consider yourself a strict constitutionalist. How do you reconcile this with your opposition to the Iraq war when one of the explicit roles of the federal government is the "common defense" against challenges to liberty?
2.
by cudchew on 04.29.2007 at 11:55 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
How would you handle the ever climbing defecit?
3.
by carter1955 on 04.18.2007 at 12:51 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Social Issues
I am all in favor of your position on gun control, I would like for you too state more emphatically the Constitutionality of why gun's are important for our FREEDOM as stated by our founding father's ?
4.
by TexasJim on 04.22.2007 at 11:50 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Budget
How does inflation act as a hidden tax? Who benefits from inflation and the devaluation of the dollar?
5.
by jrhj76 on 04.24.2007 at 11:12 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Social Issues
My question is in regards to HR 4939. In the last election, your opponent Shane Sklar claimed that you introduced a hurricane relief and protection package, voted against it, and then took credit for its passing. Can you explain this action?
6.
by RonPaulsupporter on 04.18.2007 at 11:58 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Taxes
when elected president, how will you go about educating the average citizen about the "income" tax as it is applied today, as opposed to it being a tax on exercising federal privilege? (Which makes most americans not liable)
7.
by MAD MAX on 04.23.2007 at 12:15 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
What role would you say the pharmaceutical lobby and the prison-industrial lobby play in perpetuating our nation’s drug policy?
8.
by LostSailor on 04.12.2007 at 07:04 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
How do plan on winning without accepting any money from lobbyist or special interest groups?
9.
by MAD MAX on 04.20.2007 at 10:50 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Social Issues
Are we winning the federal War on Drugs? If the answer is no, what serious policy changes would you institute as president?
10.
by forsytjr on 04.23.2007 at 05:31 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Social Issues
Dr Paul, CNET ranked you as the best Congressmen in protecting the freedom of the internet. Can you explain why you feel that keeping the internet free is so important?
11.
by mattgustin on 04.27.2007 at 02:32 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
What is your opinion on the level of authority the president currently has versus the level of authority vested in the president under the U.S. constitutiton?
12.
by DCZE on 04.13.2007 at 10:54 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Is it not true that your opinion comes second to the bottom line constitutionality of an issue and that you would like the states and congress to take back the powers given to them and honor their boundaries set by the constitution?
13.
by RyanB.S. on 04.25.2007 at 03:31 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Would you be in favor of getting rid of Patriot Acts 1 and 2?
14.
by joeshmo131 on 04.23.2007 at 10:37 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Social Issues
You claim that the United States is going bankrupt. What would you do to solve this problem without destabilizing the economy?
15.
by miketoles on 04.23.2007 at 02:45 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Health Care
Dr. Paul, as a physician what would you do to improve Health Care in our country?
16.
by John4 on 04.24.2007 at 11:29 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
It's a documented fact that the Federal Reserve and the Federal Income Tax are both illegal and unconstitutional. If you were elected, how would you plan to handle the Federal Reserve and the Federal Income Tax?
17.
by Libetry Tree on 04.24.2007 at 11:00 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Social Issues
What is the real agenda behind the SPP, the North American Union, and the Real I.D. Act? what power does the states have to just say No to these programs?
18.
by AppState from Boone on 04.13.2007 at 11:27 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Budget
Dr. Paul, how would you choose to balance the budget and lower taxes.
19.
by Bossobass from Charlotte on 04.23.2007 at 07:41 PM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Topic Is: Budget
Congressman Paul, as a Congressman you've built a record of voting against deficits, but being only one vote, the budgets continue to skyrocket into the red. If elected, what will you do to rein in the insatiable appetite for Government by credit?
20.
by Mel in Berry Creek on 04.19.2007 at 02:45 AM
Question is for: Ron Paul
Congressman Paul, you have introduced and reintroduced to the House a measure known as The Liberty Amendment. Would you please describe the provisions of this amendment and why you believe they are so critical to America?
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