Thanks to the Web, you can put in a request for those topics to be covered in the presidential debates. However, there's no guarantee they'll show up in prime time.
In an effort to get more people involved in the political process, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is letting voters suggest topics via the Web for the upcoming verbal spars.
On Thursday, the candidates finally agreed on three 90-minute debates, which are scheduled to begin Oct. 3.
In the meantime, citizens can voice their opinion about the event by visiting Debates.org and answering a series of questions, including what type of debate they'd like to see (town hall meeting or traditional behind-the-podium contest) and whether the moderators should be journalists, members of the public, or other folks.
People can then request specific topics to be covered.
High-tech isn't featured very prominently -- the word "technology" appears only in a subset of a subset of questions.
However, people can enter their opinions on everything from privacy to prescription drugs in a commentary section by selecting the "other" option during the survey.
Still, that doesn't mean the powers that be will listen.
"The moderator ultimately is the arbiter of what ends up being asked," said Peter Himler, a CPD spokesman. However, organizers will consider the results.
The site also doesn't ask visitors whether they'd like third-party candidates to be involved in the events -- a major source of controversy as the events loom closer.
The CDP will only allow candidates who garnered 15 percent or more in major opinion polls into the debate, which has limited the events to Bush and Gore.
The commission plans to release the results of the surveys -- including aggregate demographics of site visitors and the topics that interest them -- sometime in late September.
Right now, the CPD isn't advertising the interactive feature, but it is getting traffic "in the thousands" from partners including MTV's "Rock the Vote" and the NAACP, which are linking to the site.
Meanwhile, people can submit their views to the commission via the site.
Or they can try out some of the other debate-related features, including tips for organizing parties to watch the events and debate transcripts dating back to 1960.
What would you ask the presidential candidates if you could? Visit debates.org or talk back below.
