Extemp Central

1.  If California goes bankrupt, how should the federal government react?
2.  If the economy improves, do the Republicans have an issue they can defeat President Obama with in 2012?
3.  If Mitt Romney is the eventual GOP nominee, who should he choose as his vice-president?
4.  Should the Federal Reserve settle on zero for the new interest rate?
5.  Could the U.S. economy benefit by restoring Clinton-era tax levels?
6.  Can Newt Gingrich rise a second time?
7.  Will Gary Johnson’s decision to run as a Libertarian Party candidate for president hurt the GOP?
8.  How can Ron Paul effectively sell his foreign policy ideas to the GOP base?
9.  How can Congress balance the federal budget within the next five years?
10.  Will Israel dictate America’s next foreign policy moves toward Iran?

1.  Will the Bank of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas succeed?
2.  Will the world economy grow stronger in 2012?
3.  Will recent moves taken by the Spanish government to curtail its unemployment rate succeed?
4.  Does the ACTA treaty on online piracy threaten intellectual property rights?
5.  How can African states use their resource wealth more effectively?
6.  How would the fall of the Syrian government impact Hezbollah's operations in Lebanon?
7.  Should Niger return Al-Saadi Gadhafi to Libya?
8.  Why is the international community doing little about Ethiopia's authoritarian government?
9.  Is the recently powersharing agreement between Fatah and Hamas counterproductive to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
10.  If left to its own devices, will Afghanistan gravitate towards Pakistan or India in foreign policy?

	 
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Due to outside circumstances, there will be no Extemp Central news quiz this week.  However, there will be United States and International Extemp questions posted on Tuesday and Wednesday.  We will also be posting the results of Harvard and the California Invitational and updating the National Points Race.  If you have resulted of either tournament, send them to me at logan.scisco@topper.wku.edu.

1.  Can Henrique Capriles beat Hugo Chavez?
2.  How can Russia solve its demographic deficit?
3.  Is it only a matter of time before Tibet explodes into violence?
4.  Will Abu Qatada soon be a free man?
5.  Is the UN General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution concerning Syria merely symbolic?
6.  Are Iran and Israel already at war?
7.  Should publication of new H5N1 research be restricted?
8.  Will Egypt follow through with its threat to change the Camp David Accords if the U.S. cuts off its foreign aid?
9.  Does Canada’s cyber monitoring bill significantly threaten privacy rights?
10.  Is it time for the EU to give up on Greece?

Here are the answers to this week’s news quiz.
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1.  Are the recent abuses cases in Miramonte just the tip of the iceberg?
2.  How will waivers granted to No Child Left Behind change the American educational system?
3.  Is Washington’s legalization of gay marriage a significant victory for gay rights advocates?
4.  How important was Mitt Romney’s victory in the Maine caucus?
5.  Can Rick Santorum defeat Mitt Romney in Michigan?
6.  Is climate change still a significant national issue?
7.  Should Proposition 209 be found unconstitutional?
8.  Will President Obama’s new budget create strong economic growth?
9.  Should the Catholic Church accept President Obama’s tweak on contraceptive coverage in the Affordable Care Act?
10.  Will Super Tuesday knock Newt Gingrich out of the GOP presidential contest?

Here is this week’s short answer version of the Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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Here is this week’s multiple choice version of the Extemp Central news quiz.  Pick well and good luck!
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1.  Is the GOP primary damaging the Republican brand name for future election cycles?
2.  Are Catholics still a major player in American politics?
3.  Will the Ninth Circuit’s ruling on Prop. 8 stand?
4.  Was Clint Eastwood’s Super Bowl halftime commercial overtly political?
5.  Should President Obama focus more on structural reforms in education before focusing on training math and science teachers?
6.  Will there be any more significant shakeups in the Obama administration in the leadup to the presidential election?
7.  Is there anything the U.S. can do to persuade China and Russia to vote against Syria in the UN Security Council?
8.  Will Indiana’s “right to work” law encourage other Midwestern states to follow suit?
9.  Is more economic fairness possible within the American economic structure?
10.  Does the new unemployment rate signal that President Obama will win re-election by a wide margin?

Here are answers for this week’s version of the Extemp Central news quiz.

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