Not only did he ask too many open-ended questions that allowed the candidates to wander off onto tangents that were not part of the agenda, he rarely reinforced the need for Romney or Obama to go back to answer the original questions.
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As much as Mr. Ramsden loved the open living plan, he found elements of it a bit too open for his tastes.
There's unlikely to be a sequel - Watson is set to play his last Open at St Andrews next year before he becomes too old - but then who would have thought 32 years ago he would have a putt to win a second Open Championship at Turnberry?
Education Minister John O'Dowd has been told that he is spending too much on keeping small schools open and not enough on disadvantaged pupils.
Vettel does also have a more cynical option open to him too, should he make the unlikely choice to dabble in Formula One's dark arts.
He is open to the accusation that this is too little too late for most of his term he shied away from necessary reform for fear of alienating Germany's powerful trade union movement.
Abdul Jalil said he was open to compromise, but that it was too close to Election Day to increase the east's representation in the congress.
Buffett suggested he would be open to buying companies in Europe or Asia, too.
"But it's been open season on teachers for too long, " he said.
Obama wants to see Assad go, but he is terrified that, if it happens too fast, a vacuum could open up like the one in Baghdad in 2003 and be filled by Islamist extremists.
But, rightly, he wants to end its monopoly, and to open up the electricity market too.
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Frankly, he seemed open to anything at this point, so we can't read too much into that.
This, he predicts, will lead to a virtuous circle that will force governments too to be more open, because of pressure from business.
But he was rusty and the same problems that plagued Denver in the opener missing too many open shots, getting outmuscled on the glass and giving up open 3s haunted them once again and even more so.
But his focus is on adding to his grand slam title and after his quarterfinal exit in this year's Australian Open to Tsonga, where he fell sick and lost in five sets, knows only too well the physical and mental demands required.
If Roddick had been a few years younger, he almost certainly would have captured a couple of Wimbledon crowns and maybe another U.S. Open or Australian too.
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