[WVNan]

I thought the same thing. In spite of the venue, I still think that brokaw “managed” the tone of the debate by selecting the questions. I don’t think that a moderator should be the one to pick the questions. He chose boring questions to elicit boring answers. That favored the O because he can talk for thirty minutes and say nothing and people still think he’s brilliant.

[9YearLurker]

And none of the controversial hot cultural issues that are a minefield for Obama. Ifill’s questions were ineffective. Next time they might as well have Rick Warren write the questions if they still insist on having msm newsreaders moderate!

[TheCornerOffice]

I don’t think that a moderator should be the one to pick the questions.

I agree. I think they should have given each person in the audience a number and then pulled the numbers out of a hat and let the audience members just stand up and ask their questions -- no prescreening, no moderator "followup" questions. Just a question from the audience, answer from each candidate, then a 3-5 minute free-for-all discussion afterwards between the candidates.