Not really. Some questions don't have a simple answer, at least not if you want to come across as knowledgeable to the voters. My point is that the moderators have an impact. You don't think it's very great, I think it's too big. I would like to see at least one debate feature questions submitted by each candidate for the other to answer, and each answer be limited to the same amount of time. The moderator would only be there to read off the questions and notify them when they have 30 seconds left.