Jim Lehrer, Former News Anchor of PBS NewsHour & Author of "Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain"

As the “man in the middle seat”, Jim Lehrer has presided over eleven presidential and vice-presidential debates. Drawing from his own experiences and interviews with candidates and other moderators, Lehrer gives an insider account of all of the backstage drama and reflects on some of the “major moments” and “killer questions” that defined each historical debate.