Turn to the audience, I think we have a problem in Houston here? I am canceling this debate until we can get a non partisan questioner.
It would have been great if Romney had been prepared for the underhanded attack by Crowley based on information provided by the Zero team without enough time for her to take a step back and consider how she was being used (not that she would have done anything different). It’s relatively easy to Monday Morning quarterback the situation - this particular teaming up of the journalist with the socialist wasn’t expected to be so blatant and threw him.
I think everyone learned a lesson from the experience - too late to digest and respond in that case.