what would you ask DNC chair candidates?

At MyDD.com Chris Bowers asked people to post questions to ask DNC chair candidates.

This inspired me to invite DNC chair candidates to be interviewed on Collective Interest.

During the Illinois U.S. Senate primaries Collective Interest used a format where all candidates were asked the same set of questions and then asked follow-up questions. Then we posted all the candidate responses on a single issue back-to-back. This allowed listeners to compare candidates in an apples-to-apples kind of way.

In the extended entry is my draft set of questions and time limits. Please comment on the questions, format and time limits.

1. Who are you? Why do you want to be chair of the DNC? Why should committee members (delegates?) vote for you? (120 seconds)
   
2. What are the interests within the Democratic Party the chair needs manage? Large donors? Small donors? State party organizations? Congressional Democrats? Media? State Democratic legislative caucuses? Staff members? Who else? How will you integrate all these interests? What will you do differently than is being done now? (90 seconds)
   
3. What people and interest groups form the coalition known as the Republican Party? What people and interest groups form the coalition known as the Democratic Party? What people and interest groups are the two parties competing over? How are the coalitions that form the two major parties changing? (120 seconds)
   
4. How does the Democratic Party organize for elections? How should it organize better or differently? (60 seconds)
   
5. What are the pros and cons of the current presidential nominating process? Which pros are the most important to keep? What cons are the most important to address? (90 seconds)
   
6. How can Democrats more effectively use the media? (120 seconds)
   
7. What role do race and ethnicity play in U.S. politics? (60 seconds)
   
8. What role does gender play in U.S. politics? (60 seconds)
   
9. What role does religion play in U.S. politics? Brad Carson wrote about religiosity in politics being a reaction to modernity. What is it about modernity that makes voters anxious? How should Democrats respond to these anxieties? (60 seconds)
   
10. How should does the Democratic Party set its agenda? How should it create an agenda? Does the party have a national message? To what extent should the party have a national message? (90 seconds)
    
11. What is your strategy for achieving verifiable voting? Should this be the top legislative priority for the Democrats? (60 seconds)
    
12. Should the Democratic Party advocate for election reforms that reduce or eliminate the zero-sum competition with non-major party candidates, like Instant Runoff Voting, approval voting or Condorcet voting? (30 seconds)
    
13. Why do voters prefer Republicans on security issues? (60 seconds)
    
14. Who won and who lost due to NAFTA? The WTO? (60 seconds)
    
15. Assume you are elected chair of the party. How should Democrats measure your effectiveness as party chair? (30 seconds)

Each candidate will also get five minutes of time to distribute to questions s/he wants to talk about in more depth. This gives them 23 1/2 minutes to respond to questions. There will also be 12 minutes for follow-up questions.