Props to moderator for WA state Governor debate

[suffragette]

In the first few minutes, she admonished the Republican candidate for not following the agreed upon rules, then shut him down when he tried to transparently rephrase his question to get around the rule.
Another moderator followed that immediately with another question, so they did not allow his question (which violated rules) to be hanging in the air for an answer.
The first moderator followed that up with reiterating the rules again.

Holt could take a lesson.

[DarthDem]

1. Agreed. But It Actually Worked Out Quite Well. n/t

[suffragette]

2. Yeah, Hillary clearly won. Still it's nice when the moderator holds both candidates

To the rules.

And Trump repeatedly got away with flouting that.

[DarthDem]

3. Again, Agreed

There may be some pushback on that front in the third debate (not sure how much interrupting the other candidate will play into the second, which is a town-hall-style format IIRC). The moderator there may be less tolerant of interruptions. But either way, it doesn't help Trump.

[suffragette]

4. Agree with you, too. Either way. Trump loses.