Is this phrase rhetorical?

Steve that's a perfectly reasonable q, one I hope fellas like FBM, Rag, Blue, Mac, and Tutor might address better than I

http://onelook.com/?w=rhetorical&ls=a&loc=home_ac_rhetorical

Yes, it is a rhetorical locution.

Surely a rhetorical question (such as "How could I be so stupid?") is one that's asked merely for effect with no answer expected? The answer may be obvious or immediately provided by the questioner. I don't see a rhetorical question the sentence provided. Example:

Is Obama is a bad president? He's done a great job so far.

Rhetoric is practice of written or spoken communication. Not all rhetorical locutions are questions. That was a rhetorical statement--"If you ask me . . ."--the first speaker did not ask the second speaker, and i'd say it is a safe bet that the second speaker doesn't really care.