How Did Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper Do as Moderators?

Reviews are in.

If the big moderating question before the presidential/vice-presidential debates began was, how should a moderator be, each set of moderators’ performances so far has answered that in very different ways.

Last night’s presidential debate moderating pair, ABC’s Martha Raddatz and CNN’s Anderson Cooper, was the most assertive yet, something critics largely felt was necessary given the specifics of last night’s debate.

New York Times’ Michael Grynbaum writes, not disapprovingly, that the hosts “put themselves directly in the mix of a high-stakes encounter.”

They dug for revelations, extracting news nuggets — a rarity on a debate night — like Donald J.

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