Rich Zeoli: Let Primary Voters Moderate The Next Debate

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Talk Radio 1210 WPHT's Rich Zeoli has an idea to help the Republican National Committee solve their quandary over how to procede with their presidential debates: let primary voters ask the questions.

Responding the RNC Chairman Reice Priebus objection that CNBC's moderators were too hostile to the candidates, Zeoli believes that ordinary voters can do a better job.

"What I would do is I would pick three random Republican voters in New Hampshire who are torn. They are registered Republican primary voters who vote in four out of four elections. The target Republican primary voter. Right now the Republican voters are auditioning candidates for a job. They're saying who am I going to vote for? Show me why you should be the person I vote for. Give me a reason. Give me something to go with that says you'll be the person that I choose to vote for."

He said undecided voters will not share the same bias with members of the media.

"If you were to take random Republican primary voters, find three of them. Fine three from New Hampshire who vote in every single Republican presidential primary. Have them sit down and just ask the candidates a bunch of questions. I think that would be phenomenal. I really do. I think it's be great. No spin. No bias. No fancy television gotcha questions."

Zeoli stated such a format would free the Republicans up to compete for voters free from a confrontational atmosphere.

"It would basically be a chance for the candidates to actually debate without having a fancy moderator there. The three people there can ask the questions and then the campaigns would all have to answer questions...The problem is these CNBC moderators are not voting Republican. There just not. Asking them to ask the questions would be the equivalent of [when] I go for a job interview, the people that interview me have no interest in me working for them."