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Patch Is Collecting Questions for Obama and Romney During the Next Presidential Debate

If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.

If last Wednesday’s presidential debate left you with more questions than answers, here’s your chance for the presidential candidates to address the issues that most matter to you and your neighbors.

The next presidential debate will be a town hall meeting format at Hofstra University in Long Island, where voters will ask President Obama and Mitt Romney about domestic and foreign policy.

Patch is asking you, our readers, to participate by submitting questions for the candidates.

All you have to do is post your question in the comments section below and we’ll send it to the Commission on Presidential Debates. The Commission is partnering with Patch's parent company Aol, along with Google and Yahoo, to take questions from web users across the country.

Don’t wait until Nov. 6 to have a say in this year’s election. Share your thoughts in the comments!

Brenda October 5, 2012 at 11:37 pm
I'm more concerned about the housing/mortgage/foreclosure matter because that has not been fixed or addressed well enough. Most businesses revolve around a healthy housing market without housing stabilized all the jobs that revolve around it will not come come back.
Jacqueline October 6, 2012 at 01:32 am
So should I believe what Mr. Romney says behind closed door private fund raisers or what he says in public.
Al October 6, 2012 at 06:43 am
President Obama: When you say you inherited a dreadful economy from Bush, don't you remember that your Democrat Party lead by Pelosi in the House and Reid in the Senate controlled all of Congress? The budget, the regulations of Fannie and Freddie, the spending,.....Mr Charlie Rangel was in charge of the Ways and Means Committee. I didn't care much for Bush, but he only deserves a fraction of the blame. My question...Will you ever admit that you have failed and that Hillary would have been the betterb choice?
Arthur Arlo October 6, 2012 at 12:33 pm
# 1...What happened to the 5 or 6 Trillion dollars?
# 2..You say our American system does not work, SO WHAT SYSTEM IS BETTER? # 3.. Who built all our businesses? Big brother in Washington???????
james October 6, 2012 at 06:00 pm
Behind closed doors sounds right.
max October 6, 2012 at 08:45 pm
Obama is doing the best that he can this is his first real job!
Harriet Brown October 6, 2012 at 08:49 pm
Max, what does that mean? Before this, he was a US Senator. Before that, he was s State Senator. He worked in a law firm. So, he has had quite a few "real" jobs.
Route66 October 6, 2012 at 09:56 pm
Unfortunately, Pelosi and Reid didn't control ALL of the Congress. Obama would have been able to accomplish much more (especially in infrastructure and construction) if Republicans had rolled up their sleeves and participated in the rebuilding of our country. Instead they chose to obstruct and to held this country, their country hostage. This slow and painful recovery is thanks to the democrats, and the democrats ONLY. And yes, Bush/Cheney deserve a lot of the blame.
Route66 October 6, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Why did US government not protect us on 9/11? Where was Bush?
Route66 October 6, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Bush was at his ranch. Clearing brush. Surely he was not in the White House!
Vickie October 7, 2012 at 01:52 am
I have not heard either candidate address their commitment to the AIDS crisis. What, if anything, are you planning to do as far as research, prevention and care of those living with HIV/AIDS.
Al October 7, 2012 at 04:36 am
I'm referring to the 2 years before Obama was elected. Pelosi's House was overwhelmingly Democrat and the Senate was in Dem hands with the independent Senators giving them the majority. WHAT WERE THEY DOING FOR THOSE TWO YEARS?????? The House controls the purse strings....They were looking for miniature fish to protect in California at the expense of farmers who were denied water.
rd October 7, 2012 at 05:25 pm
What the hell does W have to do with any of this??? he hasn't been president for years. is your argument that George screwed up so obama gets a pass? if you believe that you are being played for a fool by the establishment. we are in deep crap if our political discourse continues along the lines of , "the last guy did X, so you have no credibility". we must start doing and asking what is best now and not settle for some crap because it's only better than the last crap. its about time we start asking our current president the tough questions and demand answers.
there was clearly a screw up in Libya and we deserve to know who screwed up. the staff there was asking for additional security and it was denied. why? was it someone in State who made the decision? did the State department take orders from white house? who? why? these are serious questions that demand answers. that answer should not have any reference to a president from 4 years ago.
rd October 7, 2012 at 05:29 pm
yep.. this sounds right. since george was bad lets just give obama our endearing love. its all good b/c he's not bush. lets not demand better or discuss real issues and how to fix them. lets just talk about a former president.
Parksloper October 7, 2012 at 07:12 pm
Where are your college papers Mr. President? Why did you spend 2 million dollars hiding your birth certificate?
Harriet Brown October 7, 2012 at 08:38 pm
Parksloper, who cares about his college papers and birth certificate? When he submitted his birth certificate, all the "birthers" wouldn't accept it as genuine.
Al October 8, 2012 at 01:42 am
My guess is that when he was a young boy he assumed Indonesian citizenship and then later he used that to facilitate his acceptance to Columbia and Harvard. Ever since JFK issued the executive order of affirmative action, the colleges and universities have bent over backwards to create "ethnic diversity" among their students. This would have given our self admitted "lazy student who partied and smoked pot" leader a much easier path to higher education.
Here's a question. If you were a successful college senior with a straight A average, would you be wiling to give half of your A's to a group of students who had not studied and worked has hard as you and spent their time partying with Sandra Fluke? Obama thinks we should share our success with everyone to achieve equality, fairness and justice. I think these students would be happy to get your A's and give you their D's. If your answer is " No way, I worked hard for my A's and those marks are mine"...then you don't believe in the Democrat idealogy of sharing the wealth and social justice when it applies to you.. OMG !! You may be a Republican !!!!
vinit parmar October 8, 2012 at 03:21 pm
Every year, we give international support to special places of need around the world, and we base this on criteria like US national security, US economic interests, and foreign need for stability or problem prevention. What countries would you reconsider for military or foreign aid? How is the US served by giving Israel in just military aid alone $3 Billion every year? Is that money not best served by building that same infrastructure within the US?
Harriet Brown October 8, 2012 at 03:26 pm
Al, I am a life-long Democrat. Besides, the president who started affirmative action, was not JFK. It was Nixon, a Republican.
Al October 8, 2012 at 05:24 pm
Harriet, I, too, was a life-long Democrat...until this fiasco. Below is the origin of "affirmative action" acc. to Wikipedia.
Origin: The term "affirmative action" was first used in the United States in Executive Order 10925 and was signed by President John F. Kennedy on 6 March 1961; it was used to promote actions that achieve non-discrimination. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted Executive Order 11246 which required government employers to take "affirmative action" to hire without regard to race, religion and national origin. I double checked this information on the OEOD website.
Nat October 8, 2012 at 07:00 pm
This question is for Mr. Romney. If you are elected will you revoke the executive order on immigration, which allows certain illegal immigrants who qualify to receive work permits and deferred action status?
Joe Gonzalez October 8, 2012 at 07:22 pm
There are over 500,000 American Citizens living in NYC's NYCHA projects and a few million others Americans living in public housing around the USA. I insist BOTH candidates detail their visions for the future of American public housing. Second, I want both candidates to hazard a guess as to how and why there are over 500 empty apartments in Fort Green housing projects given the breadth of homelessness in NYC.
Joe Gonzalez October 8, 2012 at 07:24 pm
Question for Mitt Romney:
Will you use US Military troops to secure the USA borders against illegal entry by trespassers and drug dealers?
Nat October 8, 2012 at 07:29 pm
This question is for both parties. There have been conversations about the violence in the middle east. When is anyone going to address the violence in the inner cities, where most of the perptrators and victims are teenagers? What solutions do you offer for this situation?
Sara October 9, 2012 at 05:54 pm
Can you explain your views on abortion exactly--on one hand you say you want to overturn Roe v. Wade, a federal Supreme Court decision, and on another you say you want to put the decision back in the hands of the states. Please explain your plan...clearly.
Patti October 9, 2012 at 06:30 pm
For Romney: How do you say the middle class will get a tax break when you want to reduce the rate but also disallow many of the deductions now allowed; which in the end makes the middle class pay more taxes.
Scottilla October 9, 2012 at 08:06 pm
He went on to say that after the smoke akd mirrors have cleared, everyone will be paying the same tax as they are now. He also added that that entire rigamarole will add 12 million new jobs.
Phil Konigsberg October 10, 2012 at 05:12 am
Joe, this may be an excellent question to ask both candidates but realize that this is will be a live telecast and it's a safe guess that neither debaters will even know where the Fort Greene housing projects are. If the question was asked, their honest answer would probably be they have no idea but they would look into the question. You would be better off calling Mayor Bloomberg's weekly call-in radio show on 770 WOR-AM and ask him.
Phil Konigsberg October 10, 2012 at 06:11 am
For both President Obama and Governor Romney:
1) Do you believe that global warming is both a national and international crisis that has to be acknowledged worldwide and what specific actions would you take during your term of office? 2) A national petition of over 48,000 persons calling upon both of you to address gun control after the Aurora, CO tragedy were delivered to you. Please tell the American people what your plan is for increased gun control measures? 3) Do you support the growing national effort for a constitutional amendment to overturn the US Supreme Court's Citizens United vs. FEC decision that said corporations are people?
Parksloper October 10, 2012 at 08:02 pm
I and a lot of other Americans do Harriet. Liberals wanted everything from Bush yet silence when it comes to Obama.

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