I don't watch any of the debates. Matter of fact, I don't listen to either one of them. I already know all I need to know about both.
I wish I were allowed to ask the questions. Here are some I would ask:
1- Have you read the founding documentation of this country and the history behind it?
2- Are you aware of the fact that the constitution specifies what the federal government is allowed to do, and that the federal government is not allowed to do a single thing outside that framework, and that doing anything else is unconstitutional?
3- Are you aware of the fact that your oath of office is more than just some silly little ritual?
I'd say those would be fair questions. I also think they should be the very first questions asked.
Every single thing they discuss is on the outside of the constitutional boundaries.
PBS? Is it constitutional that we pay for that? Nope. Sorry, gotta go. I grew up on Sesame Street, as did all my friends. Beside the point.
The wars we are in? Sorry, packing up and coming home. Don't blame the Taliban for the servicemen killed in Afghanistan, and don't blame Hussein for the ones killed in Iraq. Blame the politicians who put them there. You can blame those who control G.H.W. Bush, or you can go even further back and blame R. Nixon, if you like.
Whatever you do, don't blame the founding fathers. They set it up so that we wouldn't be getting involved in all this garbage.
The federal government was to be extremely limited, and all else was up to the states and the individuals. That is called Liberty. Most of us don't want liberty, we only want to negotiate the amount of tyranny.