- Why is it that drugs (alcohol, tobacco) that kill thousands of people each year are legal, yet other drugs (marijuana) which are used for medical purposes and do far less harm and don't cause death, are illegal? (+260 diggs, submitted by XedLos)

- How can the republican party reclaim it's old positions of small government, low taxes, and personal responsibility? (+230 diggs, submitted by fatrandy13)

- Where did the bailout money go? When will the American taxpayer receive a full report? (+202 diggs, submitted by angelopc)

- If the Republican party is supposedly about "deregulation" and smaller government, why are many in favor of stricter policies about marriage, marijuana, abortion, and other issues? (+190 diggs, submitted by rainbowjinjo)

- Why should I, a responsible homeowner who pays her mortgage every month, help foot the bill for those who acted irresponsibly, getting way in over their heads, borrowing money that they had no business borrowing? Why should they be helped? How is bailing out negligent homeowners encouraging responsibility? (+190 diggs, submitted by gaylep)

- Why are republicans (and Congress in general) so unable to control spending? Fiscal conservatism has completely escaped your grasp, both during the majority years of President Bush, and in the minority years as well. "Bailouts", misguided spending, and wasteful pork are rampant in Washington, D.C., yet you've done nothing to stop these problems. Why not? (+166 diggs, submitted by badqat)

- Do you know what net neutrality is and do you support it? (+151 diggs, submitted by Hanly)

- Is waterboarding torture? (+129 diggs, submitted by schkura)

- What will you do to reach out to the Ron Paul republicans and like minded, libertarian leaning republicans? (+94 diggs, submitted by haydukeqc)

- Do you support the idea of moving divisive issues like abortion, marriage laws, etc to the state level? (+90 diggs, submitted by Sockfire)

- Being a Republican in college is not easy, in fact its not cool. What can the Republican party do to attract the youth? And what are we doing wrong? (+9 diggs, submitted by gr8telephant)