Anytime there is a such a filter, there is potential for manipulation. I'm not saying it was there, but some of the questions seemed a little softballish.
I will admit that I was the person who asked a question that seemed "softballish": the expansion of 35W through south Minneapolis. I support this, and I was looking for one of the candidates to support it as well. I was a little surprised that all four candidates in attendance dismissed it out of hand. Because everybody agreed, it may appear that the question was a softball, but it certainly was not my intention. And even though they all opposed it, the way they answered the question was illuminating.
We have enough fake "townhall meetings" on television. I want to see candidates grilled as thoroughly as possible to see who is toughest.
So do I. That's what future candidate forums are for. For impromptu, short, "get to know the candidate"-type presentations, which the DFL meetup was, I think asking a few written questions was appropriate.
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Nathan Hunstad
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Minneapolis, MN
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