Yet another Republican presidential debate is upon us tonight. 

I do not expect to hear these questions and, if I did, I would not expect to hear the most clarifying answers.

• Which document is more important in governing the United States: the Bible or the US constitution?

• What would your administration’s strategy be regarding the Arctic region, both from an economic and security standpoint?

• How many Syrian refugees should the United States admit in the year 2016?

• How would your administration solve the Puerto Rican debt crisis?

• Who would you appoint as Secretary of State in your cabinet and why? Who do you believe to have been the most effective Secretary of State in the past century?

• Does the United States have the right to assassinate US citizens abroad, such as Anwar al-Awlaki, without due process? If so, in what constitutional and legal theory is your position rooted?

• Suppose the DPP wins the next Taiwanese election, it universally declares independence, and mainland China launches a military attack against Taiwan. How would your administration respond?

• Name two Obama administration policies — one on domestic policy and one on foreign policy — with which you agree.

• Should the United States change its laws to allow for the export of crude oil and natural gas exports?

• Should the Federal Reserve adopt nominal GDP targeting in setting interest rates?

• How can the Republican Party more successfully appeal to Asian Americans, the fastest growing immigrant group in the United States today?

• What would your administration do if the United Kingdom’s voters elect to leave the European Union in 2017?

• Given the Republican Party’s skepticism about the role of government, and given what we know about racial bias in sentencing , why should we trust state governments in carrying out the death penalty?

• Should the United States abolish the penny?

• Given the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in sub-Saharan Africa at a time of breakneck economic growth for the region, what would your administration’s three most important priorities for US policy in Africa be?