And, the press also got to ask OJ Elrington about his chances against opponent Francis Fonseca.
Fonseca has been winning elections in Freetown since 2003, and in that time has gone through three high profile UDP opponents: Michael Peyrefitte, Lee Mark Chang and Dr. Carls Barnett - whose defeats earned all of them seats in the senate, not the house.
And now, along comes the energetic Elrington - who enters the race at what can be considered a difficult pass - as the UDP goes for a fourth term. At a juncture like that, lucky is the party which can hold unto its established seats, much less flip a division from an incumbent.
But, today OJ said he has his eyes on what's ahead of him: