Candy Crowley Failed

In addition to bad fact-checking, Candy Crowley failed in other aspects of her job.

Probably the most important part of a moderator's job is to guarantee both sides are treated equally. How is it that in each debate, the Democrat gets more talking time than the Republican?  Last night, Romney frequently talked over Obama and Crowley.  It sounded like he was taking extra time, but it turned out that Obama had 9% more talking time than Romney.  Breitbart pointed out that Crowley interrupted Romney 28 times vs. 9 for Obama.  Why is that?  Especially given the fact that Romney had the floor for less time.  What's going on.

Secondly, there were several instances when the candidates didn't answer questions.  Both candidates were guilty of this.  I'd like to see a debate where the moderator cuts them off after thirty seconds if they're not answering the question.  (But when all the moderators are sympathetic to Democrats, maybe I should just be happy that they have as little power as they do).

Also, some of the questions were horrible.  That woman who asked about women being paid 72% of what men are being paid.  I don't think either candidate answered this question, but it was just a misinformed question.  Studies have shown that most of the discrepancy is due to different careers, backgrounds, and life choices, and when you account for all of that, the discrepancy is only ~5%.  A good answer would have mentioned all that and said, "If a woman has the exact same job as a man and is paid less, then something needs to be done about that.  There's already a method to fix this through the court system.  The problem is that no one knows what others make, and this is a cultural problem.  We need to develop methods to help increase knowledge of salaries so that people can compare their salaries."