EricHiggin said:
Undecided voters are a small group apparently. If you're undecided now, what else will it take to cause you to decide or refrain? The little things? The moderator is there to ask useful questions on behalf of the people. Trump and Biden are basically just two equal everyday candidates at that point. If the mod does a terrible job, then it's a problem, just like if the Prez does a terrible job, because they are there on behalf of the people. Either the mod allows rebuttals and bickering or doesn't. If you will or won't, you need to make that clear and don't change on the fly. You create sections with specific rules if you want an assortment. You also don't side with either candidate at any point. If the candidates get out of line you put your foot down immediately. If you can't do that you've failed the people. That's why the first debate was terrible and why there are 3 debates with different mods. |
Undecided voters are the only new votes he is going to get. If you believe he will turn around people that have already made up their mind well that is a fantasy. I have enough friends on both side of the political spectrum to know that once people have made their mind up, it takes an act of GOD to change it. This is why it the debate is really something the President has to leverage more than Biden.
As for the debate, lets not act like you do not know how the format works. Yes you can rebuttal, after the person has finish speaking. No, we do not want to hear someone interrupt the other person until they have completed what they are saying. This is not an argument but a debate and the rules are clear to everyone. Also at each debate, all mods tell each candidate the rules before the debate begin so lets not act like everything was a free for all at the beginning. The President decided like he always does that rules do not apply to him and HE made the debate a complete crap show since he would not stop interrupting or shut up when it was not his turn.
Last but not least, just because you feel the mod sided with one side or another is just your opinion. Most times people who feel the other candidate did well when theirs did not they always blame the mod and that is exactly what you are doing.










