1. Did you have any input into the Iran nuclear deal? If you did, how much of the deal reflects your advice?
2. The deal lifts the conventional-weapons embargo on Iran after five years and the missiles embargo after eight years, or even earlier. Are you comfortable with that — and with the conventional weapons being included in a nuclear agreement?
3. Do you still stand by your April statement: “I strongly believe Congress should have the right to disapprove any agreement?” How do you feel about the administration asking the United Nations to weigh in on the deal before Congress gets to vote?
4. International inspectors can enter Iranian military bases under the agreement, but only after a process that can take up to 24 days. Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said the timeline makes this a joke and it’s like giving a drug dealer 24 days before inspecting his meth lab. Do you agree?
5. President Obama has conceded that Iran has “missiles that are pointed towards Tel Aviv.” How could you support an agreement with a nation that wants to wipe out Israel? Can you assure your constituents that Israel doesn’t have to worry as a result of this pact?
6. Should the US have made any deal with a nation subsidizing terrorist organizations in several countries?
7. Do you view the deal as a “conscience vote” in Congress, or do you think it’s your role to get Democrats to support the president? Or, perhaps, do you have to support the president in order to become the next Senate Democratic leader?
8. Do you accept Obama’s logic that he had to separate the hostages from the talks in order to avoid giving Iran leverage?
9. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much faith do you have that Iran will abide by the deal?
10. The president said the only alternative to this deal was war. Do you agree? Why not sanctions?