Nor did he see any problem with the commission's suggestion that each debate be run by a single moderator rather than a panel of reporters.

But they said the commission's proposal for three debates, with a single moderator running each, was unacceptable.

The plan, which is still evolving, has the nominees meeting with a single moderator in an empty television studio.

A single moderator is clearly preferable to a big panel.

Officials close to the negotiations said they expected that two of the Presidential debates would be led by a single moderator.

There was no panel of journalists nor even a single moderator.

Mr. Clinton has already accepted the proposed format of having a single moderator.

That format calls for three debates and a single moderator questioning the candidates.

It proposed that a single moderator would make for more give-and-take between the candidates.

The commission, reacting to past experience, sensibly proposed a single moderator.