Nobody wanted to be in Chris Wallace’s shoes last week at that terrible debate. Not even sure it was a debate. Lots of shouting. For most people, it was a preview of Thanksgiving dinner, maybe even before drinks.

In this video I suggest three options Wallace had that would have been a bit better than what he did: Join the fray. He could have:

1. Asked short, thoughtful questions rather than reading a 15 second setup for each one.
2. Spoke to the audience as moderator, into the camera, explaining the rule violations as they happen.
3. Walked off the set since a moderator is not needed when all the agreements to debate have been violated.

I wonder what future moderators will do (or won’t do) after Wallace’s performance has drawn commentary from everyone about a role that usually doesn’t get that much attention.