Planted Questions

What's the big deal? Why shouldn't a candidate, Mrs. Clinton or someone else, have people from the audience who are prepared to ask an articulate question that will help move the discussion? If not carried to extremes, I have no problem with this method of getting out the message. I don't know why she needs to explain this one unless

the Democrats lie about it

or say everyone does it

or she doesn't really answer the planted question even when she knows it ahead of time

or she flip flops, denying what she said last week or last year

or she opens with, "I'm glad you asked that," which sounds a bit tacky, given the circumstances of the question

or says "Many are wondering about that. . ."

or she screens out honest, hard ball questions about illegal immigration, tax increases, victory in Iraq, etc.