The Get Off My Lawn Variety Hour, Part 10

I hate the fact that the audience can't react to the candidate's responses.  Let them boo, cheer, demand a straighter answer.  Otherwise, why even have an audience? Why not have blow-up dolls instead?  What's the point of having a person read a question and then sit silently down again?
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Brokaw keeps calling out Obama on time. Because, oh noes! Heaven forbid the American people get an extra 10 seconds on environmental policy!
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Gawd, what a horrible, mind-numbingly boring format. If the candidates were talking to a mirror, I doubt there would be any difference.