As Rob reported the other day, the new Scott Hennen show is starting off with a bang next Monday.  Scott’s going to have Presidential Candidate John McCain on his show.  Scott’s soliciting questions from the public to ask the Senator.

Now I could submit my questions but I don’t think that my questions would be asked.  I expect that Scott will pick someone with a question like “How do we beat Obama?”.  Scott’s in the McCain camp and he’s not going to ask him a question from the conservative point of view.  Of course it’s Scott’s show and he can do what he wants.

But I think some hard questions from the conservative side would be a good thing for McCain.  After all McCain’s got problems with the base.  He needs to campaign to us to. 

I got to thinking what question I would ask if I had the chance.  Now I’d want to stay away from the ‘gotcha’ type, but the Senator isn’t above being challenged.

The questions I can think of would go along the line of this:

You’ve said that you wouldn’t support legislation allowing illegal aliens to stay in the county until the border was secure.  Exactly how would you certify that the border was secure before signing any legislation?

You’ve expressed support for global warming legislation.  Does the fact that the Earth hasn’t warmed for ten years and that 2007 was one of the coolest winters on record make you think the matter deserves more study before we act?

While we’re on the subject of global warming legislation.  Polls have shown that the public is unwilling to pay more for gasoline or electricity to combat global warming.  On the other hand studies show that your cap and trade legislation will nearly double the price of those energy supplies.  How do you convince cash strapped families that they need to sacrifice so much for something that’s unproven?

Senator 30,000 scientists have signed the Oregon petition saying that climate science cannot guarantee that the global warming theories are correct.  Does this make you reconsider your position on global warming?

Won’t doubling the cost of energy result in the loss of jobs in this country?  (Follow-up question if he brings up his ridiculous statement that his cap and trade legislation will create jobs.) What economic theory says that increasing the costs of an activity results in more of that activity?

That’s the questions I can come up without resorting to zingers.  What would you ask Sen. McCain?