 Asking straightforward questions should be the goal. A thousand analysts will descend on statements made immediately after the conclusion of the debate and throughout it online. And it's also not legit to try and get them off their talking points. Talking points are useful. Most people don't pay much attention to this stuff until late in the day. Let the candidates talk. Let them speak. As Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas did in their famous debate of 1858. It was the most consequential set of debates in American history.