Do Presidential Debates Matter?

"President Barack Obama and challenger Gov. Mitt Romney are fretting about what role moderator Candy Crowley of CNN will play in their town-hall debate on Tuesday night. President Barack Obama's plan to confront Mitt Romney at Tuesday night's presidential debate in Hempstead NY, faces a challenge: a town-hall-style setting with voters posing questions. Time reports that both campaigns "have expressed concern" to the Commission on Presidential Debates about Crowley's possible approach. The role of moderator has been in the spotlight during the debates. The first moderator, Jim Lehrer, was criticized for being too passive. Martha Raddatz of ABC News, took charge of the vice presidential debate last week in a noticeably firm manner. The Obama and Romney camps apparently had believed that Crowley would take a limited role in the town hall confrontation. Now they may be fretting that she will follow Raddatz's strong lead. As Crowley herself noted last week: "Once the table is kind of set by the town-hall questioner, there is then there is time for me to say, 'Hey, wait a second, what about X, YZ?'"* Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) and Steve Oh (COO of The Young Turks) discuss what path Candy Crowley may take in her role as debate moderator. *Read more from Marketwatch/Wall Street Journal: www.marketwatch.com Support The Young Turks by Subscribing bit.ly Like Us on Facebook: www.fb.com Follow Us on Twitter: bit.ly Buy TYT Merch: theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com Find out how to <b>...</b>
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Do Presidential Debates Matter?