I think they need to give the moderator, when it comes to dais debates, a switch to turn off the mic when someone babbles too much.

Or maybe put the mics on auto-shut-off....dial in two minutes, and when the bell rings, the mic goes dead!

mitt, scott brown, and david gregory.

Tell Romney to shut up? Start debating Romney himself? he did raise his voice a few times, but that just didn't work, so it seems that he stopped bothering.

No, the moderator of a debate can't sit back and do shit like that. Will McAvoy is a character in a fantasy series, not an actual man in an actual position. That's just not how debates like this work.

Lehrer tried within his restraints. when that failed, he and Obama basically sat back and allowed Romney to show to the nation why he still sits at the kiddy table at thanksgiving.

like Dave Chappel playing a junkie.

Firing people is like a high for Romney.

Sick and depraved.

last night. This was the same guy who spoke at the private Florida dinner that was taped surreptitiously.

This is the guy who has a terrible, terrible temper, can't control his emotions and lies and insults to get what he wants. That's Mitt Romney, the real Mitt Romney.

It's sad that the Republican Party is so decadent and to fanatical that they couldn't find a decent candidate this year. Unbelievable.

Au contraire, the powers that be want an idiot to control. Worked great for W. One thing, is Romney is serious abotu that etch a sketch, they will impeach him to put in golden boy paul ryan.

That way, If Lehrer stood up to his bullying, the official Republican meme would be that Lehrer was biased against him because of PBS.

yeeeesh. too creepy.

bringing out some very useful points. As someone with parents about the age of Jim Lehrer, I can only imagine how shocking it must have felt to have witnessed such disrespect. I imagine it was darn difficult for the President too.

Two out of three people at least showed class on Wednesday night. The other one showed his ass - his lyin' ass.

After last night, Jim Lehrer was probably thinking, "wait till I get into the voting booth!"

-Laelth