Why does the GOP agree to these obviously liberal moderators ?
Originally Posted by Whirlaway
You really have no idea what the role of a true moderator is do you? It is my guess that you have not read up at all about this debate. Here let me enlighten you a bit.The town-hall debate is planned for Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. E.T. at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
According to the debate-format language in the agreement, after each audience question and two-minute responses from the candidates, Obama and Romney are expected to have an additional discussion facilitated by Crowley. Yet her participation is meant to be limited. As stated in the document, “In managing the two-minute comment periods, the moderator will not rephrase the question or open a new topic …
[The moderator will not ask follow-up questions or comment on either the questions asked by the audience or the answers of the candidates during the debate or otherwise intervene in the debate except to acknowledge the questioners from the audience or enforce the time limits, and invite candidate comments during the two-minute response period.”
You can read more here, that is if you do read anything....
http://thepage.time.com/2012/10/14/m...re-the-debate/