Tag: December 2008 extemp questions

1. How should Obama’s Senate seat be filled?

2. Can the Congress of the People Party successfully challenge the ANC in the 2009 South African elections?

3. Are higher cigarette taxes a good idea for tobacco growing states?

4. Would it be wise for Obama to overturn the Cuban embargo?

5. Will the Blagojevich scandal ruin Obama’s economic stimulus plan?

6. Can Michael Ignatieff guide the Liberal Party of Canada back to power?

7. Should U.S. policymakers be more fearful of hyperinflationary or deflationary pressure in the economy?

8. Why are communal tensions in the Philippines on the rise?

9. Should the Big 3 automakers be allowed to go bankrupt?

10. How will Obama’s counter-terror strategy differ from President Bush?

1.  Is Somalia the next Afghanistan?

2.  Does the print news industry deserve a government bailout?

3.  After an outbreak of violence by Zimbabwe’s army, is Mugabe’s regime in its final days?

4.  Is the world closing in to becoming victorious over the AIDS virus?

5.  Will the raid by British authorities over Damian Green make the British public resistant to future laws that encroach on their civil liberties?

6.  What can Hugo Chavez do to reduce Venezuela’s homicide rate?

7.  Why is Greece seeing an outbreak of riots?

8.  What was President Bush’s biggest foreign policy accomplishment?

9.  Is Nepal’s decision to close down its private schools misguided?

10.  Will Obama’s economic plan work?

1.  Should the Senate intervene in the Minnesota Senate race?

2.  Why is California in a fiscal emergency?

3.  Should Britain join the euro?

4.  To the U.S.:  Is Turkey important??

5.  Should Obama have campaigned for Martin?

6.  What impact will the banning of the PPP have on Thai politics?

7.  Are African nations coddling Omar al-Bashir?

8.  What impact will the Mumbai attacks have on Indian politics?

9.  Why did Obama keep Gates?

10.  After eight years, what grade does the Bush administration deserve on its environmental report card?