Idea: Drop the moderators and let the public ask questions directly!

Poor George of ABC News!  Who is writing his questions or what polls is he studying about public opinion?

Whether its contraception, abortion or same sex marriage, there is an obvious disconnect between the people at these media houses and the public.

Seriously, what polls show that the US public is that concerned about abortion, same sex marriage or contraceptives?

Here is an idea to consider: Drop the moderators!

Let the public "phone in" questions or let the audience ask questions as was done in a recent foreign policy debate.

Unfortunately, too many of these moderators are trying to ask the "Pulitzer Price" question or become the story in the news cycle. 

Finally, do we really need 15 debates with 6-8 people on stage?  

I hope that both parties will reconsider this process and come back with something more sensible the next time around.

Roger Simon has a good idea:

"Let’s put an end to the interlocutors. We don’t need media filters — left, right or center. I am not interested in Jane Pauley. I am not interested in Chris Wallace. I get to see plenty of them. I am not interested either in supposedly random questions chosen (by whom?) from Facebook or Twitter."

We spoke about this with Bill Katz on Sunday night:

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The candidates were good but ABC News lost big!

The ABC News debate was terrible, specially if you think that we should be asking candidates about real issues, such as Solyndra, Fast & Furious,  the Middle East, the budget deficits, the Keystone Pipeline, energy policy, the proposed cutbacks in the military, the recess appointments, the Justice Dept and voter-ID laws, etc.

Am I the only one who didn't get the question about contraception or the viewer post on same sex marriage? 

It was embarrassing.  We deserve better, specially when we are talking about presidential candidates.

ABC news spent 15 minutes talking about same sex marriage and contraception.  Again, wonder how many people are sitting around the kitchen table talking about that?

My guess is that they are talking about jobs & the debt but no one at ABC News got that memo.

As far as the "horse race", it was probably a good night for Romney, who has survived another debate.  I think that the others did well but time is on Romney's side.  

Barone posted that Romney is almost there!  He may be right!

Check out our conversation with Bill Katz:

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