I wanted to say that I think the moderator (Jim Lehrer) did a good job with the open debate format.
I suspect Obama got more time (since he is the president, and Romney didn't want seem more like a jerk in public). But I think both sides got a chance to say what they wanted to say.
It also was (mostly) more civil/polite than I thought it would be.
I know Jim Lehrer would have preferred to stay retired, but I appreciate the work he put in to this.
Edit So I'm reading what "the internet" thinks of Jim Lehrer, and it's mostly negative. I think it's because people expected/wanted an aggressive moderator, and Jim wanted to let the candidates drive things.
Would the debate have gone better if Jim had enforced stricter time limits? It would be one thing if people were complaining that Jim prevented candidates from saying what they needed to say, it's another thing to complain that Jim let the candidates speak too much....
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