Have we asked our candidates if they'll obey a subpoena from Congress?

[aquart]

I don't watch the debate so I don't know if this was covered. But it's probably the question I most want answered.

[Fearless]

1. Let's hope they don't need to be subpoena(ed?)

[aquart]

6. All Bush's unchallenged power passes intact.

Do you really believe Democrats are incorruptible? Because I don't. I live in New York and I know better. Democratic corruption is why we've had two Republican mayors in a row.

And we only have TWO YEARS from the presidential to the mid-term congressional election. So if we mess up, the voters will put the Republicans who sat out this election, to avoid the taint of Bus, into Congress to watch us. TWO YEARS. Bush destroyed us in 7. We have two years to fix it.

Are you saying we should not exercise oversight over a president of our own party? Like the Republicans did? We should just trust? Because that doesn't seem to work.

[JDPriestly]

2. Here's what Edwards says about secrecy.

Q: I would like to know what you would do as the President of the United States to share information more effectively and to increase access in the White House to both the media and the people of the United States; and I would also like to know what you're doing in your campaign right now to increase transparency and trust?

A: First I'll end the culture of secrecy that's existed under the Bush Administration. The idea that Dick Cheney conducted an energy task force with lobbyists for the industry behind closed doors in secret is fundamentally wrong. Wrong for the government, wrong for democracy. We're also going to get rid of the limitations that are inhibiting people's ability to get information under the Freedom Of Information Act; and we're going to get rid of some of the restrictions that John Ashcroft put into place as Attorney General. No one has been more transparent in this Presidential campaign than I have, because I have held more press conferences, more media availability, and answered more questions directly from voters than any of the leading candidates. And I think I have a responsibility to answer people's questions and make myself available to the media. Finally, we're going to use the Internet in my administration to make as much information as possible available to the American people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3988569

[aquart]

4. I'm not asking about secrecy.

I'm asking if they will obey a subpoena from Congress.

[JDPriestly]

5. He is a lawyer. He will obey a subpoena.

[aquart]

7. And if he doesn't?

Because the precedent set by this Congress is that he doesn't have to. So all we have is our trust and faith...but nothing else.

[chascarrillo]

3. K&R nt

[dmosh42]

8. They won't because of this precedence set by Bush n/t