I doubt all that many people actually watch these pathetic exercises in politco-speak, but, in addition to being tiresome, they are subversive:
“….the tradition of allowing a biased media to run these events continues. It is a testament to the passivity of the Republican Party. We saw how it worked during the [Republican] primary season. Now we are going to get a rerun during the main event, with more subtlety and ultimately more subversion.”
Not very subtle at that. Fat, wrinkled Candy Crowley? Beyond wrinkled Bob Schieffer? These keepers of the Democrat narrative don’t know how to be subtle. And CNN? They barely have the audience to justify their inclusion. Not that audience is the issue here, obviously, since Fox, which is No. 1 in news audience, is excluded.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
It will be an uphill fight for Romney — against the moderators, not Obama. He would do well to take a page from the book of Newt Gingrich, to lambaste them when they try to pull some liberal BS stunt.
The debate to watch out for is the one between Paul Ryan & ol’ Joe. I hope that Ryan eviscerates him.
I don’t think Romney will play pussycat like McCain did. He knows Crowley, et al, are not his friends. The amazing thing is the Reps have not complained about the moderators, loud and long.
As for Ryan and Biden, the moderators will play to Slow Joe’s strength, i.e. emotion-laden remarks of no substance. It’ll be up to Ryan to steer his responses whichever way he wants.