Commission on Presidential Debates described as "swampy and deeply out-of-touch"

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As journalist Yashar Ali points out, 10 out of the 13 members of the commission are over age 70 and there's little regional diversity. "Three are former U.S. legislators," says Ali. "There’s a federal lobbyist. A former CEO of two major multinational corporations. A managing director of an investment bank and of a private equity fund. And a former FCC chairman-turned-partner at a major law firm...The Commission on Presidential Debates bills itself as non-partisan but it's actually bi-partisan. Even though there are technically two board members who are registered independents, there are no practicing independents on the board...The youngest member of the Commission on Presidential Debates is 46-years-old and a managing director of a private equity firm...There is no one in their 20s and no one in their 30s on the board which picks the moderators of the debates."

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