Two debates, two very different debate moderators. Journalists and critics piled on presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer last week for his open-ended questions and loose grip on the reins during the debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney in Denver. When ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz sat down Thursday to moderate the first and only vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky., it was clear she would be doing things differently.Raddatz probed Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan with specific questions and follow-ups and took firm control of the proceedings.
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