Good question...

...from N in Seattle...

If you haven’t already mailed in your ballot, what are you waiting for?

Good question...

...from Digby...

Republicans admit to being liars in order to get elected all the time. Why doesn't anyone believe them?

Good question.

Markos wonders...

Who is going to break it to the conservatives that Romney is still on the ticket?

Good question.

Excellent, even. Dave Johnson wonders...

If debt is bad, why is giving free money to banks so they will lend (put you in debt) better than giving free money to people to pay off debts?

Good question...

...from Glenn Greenwald...

How could any rational person expect their government to spend a full decade (and counting) invading, droning, cluster-bombing, occupying, detaining without charges, and indiscriminately shooting huge numbers of innocent children, women and men in multiple countries and not have its victims and their compatriots be increasingly eager to return the violence?

Good question...

...from Steve M....

Can the GOP win the Presidency with two Vice Presidential candidates on the ticket?

I'm dubious myself, to a pretty extreme degree, but it sure looks like they're gonna try.

Good question.

Blue Texan inquires...

Who are you going to side with — Allen West or George Washington?

Good question.

Steve Benen ponders Mitt's Mendacity (19 new lies this week) and wonders...

I continue to think about something Fox News' Brit Hume said a few months ago. Reflecting on Romney's flip-flops, said, "You're only allowed a certain number of flips before people begin to doubt your character."

I'm curious -- is Romney also allowed a certain number of falsehoods before people begin to doubt his character? And if so, what is that number? 

 Some number smaller than the one that's been documented, in a just world...

Good question.

David Cay Johnson inquires...

"Which federal program took in more than it spent last year, added $95 billion to its surplus and lifted 20 million Americans of all ages out of poverty?”

Bet you can figure it out.  Hint: In a year or so it'll go from one of my favorites to my very favorite ever...

Good question…

…from Michael Hiltzik in the LA Times...

Isn't it curious that the same people who insist that America is the greatest, richest country in the world, ever, are those who insist that there's no way we can afford to provide for our elderly, our disabled and the survivors of our deceased workers to the same degree as the rest of the industrialized world?

Yes, it is.  All the more so when you bear in mnd that... 

Federal taxes — personal, corporate and excise combined — amounted to about 15.4% of our gross national product last year, according to the Office of Management and Budget. That's lower than the level of every other industrialized country, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 

We should be talking about what America can do, and what Americans can have, instead of what we can't do or must do without.  Hiltzik's piece is a good example.

Hat tip to Robert.

Good question...

...from Washington State Democratic Chair Dwight Pelz...

"Dennis Kucinich has to decide what his legacy is going to be. Will he be remembered as a principled member of Congress or the narcissist who lost two Congressional races in two states the same year?" 

Of course, Dwight's made it pretty clear what he thinks all along.  I think he's right. Dennis, though, wants to know what you think.  I encourage you to discourage him.

Good question.

Fixer asks...

What if a group of Muslim Imams took exception to some policy of the Preident's, as opposed to the Catholic bishops?

Good question.

Always a good question. Maybe the question. Robert Reich asks it this time...

What's the economy for, anyway?

We should all be asking it, all the time.

Good question…

…from Tom Harper...

If Captain Francesco Schettino took Newt Gingrich's place on the campaign trail — could anyone tell the difference?

Good question...

...of the purely rhetorical variety, from Paul Krugman...

"I mean, is there anything at all in Romney's stump speech that's true?"

I'm pretty sure that what he actually means is "There is nothing at all in Romney's stump speech that's true," which, of course, is true.

It's true, really, of any Republican stump speech these days, which is another reason that...

Good, if rhetorical, question.

Sir Charles wonders...

Who feels the need to harass and demean people who are in many instances facing economic ruin -- or at the least tremendous insecurity?

It's a rhetorical question, of course, because, of course, the answer is obvious, and one more reason that...

Good question…

…from Beth Schwartzapfel and Hannah Levintova...

How Many Innocent People Are in Prison?

They have some good, if distressful, answers, too.

Good question…

…from digby...

Why in God's name are people sending garbage to a war zone?

Good question…

…from Susie Madrak…

If #OWS Has No Coherent Message, How Come Eric Cantor Is Suddenly Talking About 'Income Disparity'?

Good question…

…for Eric Cantor, from Joan McCarter...

So, how about this? How about you offset the FEMA disaster aid to your district out of your PAC, Mr. Cantor?

How 'bout that?