Moderators under spotlight more than candidates (Mod Gerard Baker is foreigner, can't vote here!)

Boston Herald ^ | 11/10/15 | Jaclyn Cashman

[jimbo123]

Tonight's presidential debate moderators are under just as much scrutiny as the candidates themselves after last month's embarrassing CNBC free-for-all.

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Her co-moderator Neil Cavuto said his goal is to make himself "invisible." He will have a lot easier time achieving that than Bartiromo will. The other member of the panel is Wall Street Journal Editor In Chief Gerard Baker.

[bray]

In the age of the internet do we really need something as antiquated as a formal debate. Why do we need a Brit asking the questions?

Pray America is waking

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

I wouldn’t be surprised if a Mexican journalist moderated a future Presidential debate.

[deport]

The notion that this staged show trial pretending to be a “debate” is just part of the process is nonsense.

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Totally agree. A debate these things aren’t. In a true debate style a proposition
would be presented and each would have time to address the proposition, pro/con and
how they would handle it. Then other candidates should have time to counter with
their points, weakness or strong points, etc.

A moderator should be there to keep time, pose the debate question, etc.

INFO:

Fox Business Network will carry both debates live on tv.

[JimRed]

So, with no dog in the hunt, his questions are more likely to be unbiased.