it's not what it should be.

This is not a tea party.

They are supposed to disagree.

They are being civil. Differences are being highlighted. These are adults who can handle it.

handle the debate.

spend time responding to the separate attacks.

it's very biased in favor of Hillary, that much is very obvious.

But okay whatever.

I saw him pit O'Malley and Chafee against her.

yeah, that did it for me. had to turn the sound down and weep for our democracy. stupid media, they just want trashy reality show type fights for their ratings.

He started with the central questions most voters have of all the candidates. They are not the same for all of them.
Then he asked about the same subject on each, but with a mind toward their previous positions and votes, which are not identical.
His job is help voters become better informed, not cater to your candidate.

And the campaigns negotiated the terms of the debate already. The problem with debates is that the parties have far too much influenc over them. Ideally the League of Women Voters should go back to running them. Debates have been media spectacles for years now. Nothing there is new, but I think Anderson is doing well given what these things are.