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1. If you had twenty minutes with a presidential candidate, what would you talk to him about?

- I would REALLY like to hear the candidates talk about what sort of changes they would make in the farm bill, especially in light of all the local food movement and Barbara Kingsolver's book "Animal Vegetable Miracle" which I found utterly inspring.

- I would like to hear if the candidates have any thoughts or plans on changing the electoral college, especially in light of what happened in 2000 with Bush and (though in a slightly different context) with the Obama/Clinton mess more recently. Should this kind of change be lead by the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch or the Judicial Branch? Now that Bush, who obviously had a vested interest, is out, what do they think about going to straight popular vote? Do they have any thoughts about the idea of changing terms so there is no "re-election"? Do they think it would make anyone less corrupt?

- I would like to hear the candidates talk about VISA companies. As a small business owner, I am outraged that the card companies just raised prices $.17 per transaction. In this day and age, you can't get around accepting VISA/MC, but I think there should be some sort of regulation as these companies are getting money from both ends, especially in light of how in debt Americans are.

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