Im not reading through the entire thread, but I believe moderators ought be abolished. My preference is an automated robotic moderator that asks the questions for each challenger and president in a non opinoined way, gives them both 2-3 minutes to answer each one in the most thoughtful way possible.
I agree that our moderators should be abolished.
All joking aside, this is part of the reason why we have more than one debate, with different moderators.
The sceond debate was really well moderated, and that kind of response is incredibly useful.