Not that I'll get my way, but I think we should bring back the days when they didn't pre-screen interview questions.<p>The Nixon/Frost interview is still my favorite of all, I found it more telling about the President than any interview with any political candidate since then.
Sorry but as soon as I see "prescreened" I think "censorship" and "avoiding criticism". What a bore that will be. That's my problem with politics, with republicans and democrats, everything is so sugar coated. They always have answers to easy questions. I want to see how someone responds when asked difficult questions. That's when you find out who they really are.
Of course the questions are going to be pre-screened. It'll be a representative sample of the issues that will generally determine the election for the undecided and independent voter. If you're a big NORML supporter and want him to talk about pot, make it a national issue. If your issue won't swing an election, then he won't talk about it.
Also note the infographic/slide-enhanced version of the SotU which will stream live, Tue, Jan 24th, 9pm EST: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2012" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2012</a>