Limited Prep Topics

PRO CON CHALLENGE

Topics: September/October PF, 2026-2027 CX, September/October LD, NSDA October Congress Packet

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

• How will the final weeks of campaigning affect the outcome of the Texas Senate race?
• What is the most pressing problem that the US data center industry needs to address?
• Will the electoral performance of democratic socialist candidates in November strengthen or weaken the push for a single-payer healthcare system?

IMPROMPTU SPEAKING - TOPIC AREA: BEAT THE VALKYRIES

• "You have to take one thing you’re good at and really excel and improve in that." - Jewell Loyd
• "You have to know you're going to make mistakes, its how you respond to those mistakes that counts." - Sue Bird
• "Never feel like you're too much for somebody.  Be who you are." - Angel Reese

COMMENTARY - TOPIC AREA: 2028 ELECTION

• Andy Beshear – A Blue Governor in a Red State
  
• Marco Rubio - The Comeback Kid
• Political Outsider or Washington Insider?