Previewing Tuesday’s Town Hall…

The Hollywood Reporter’s Paul J. Gough previews Tuesday’s Town Hall…

Experts say that while Thursday’s Sarah Palin-Joe Biden vice presidential battle was interesting television, it will probably be long forgotten by the time the voters make their way to the polls.

“It’s back to the top two candidates,” CNN political analyst Gloria Borger said. “In the end, that’s who people are going to be voting for.”

The format of Tuesday’s debate will stand in stark contrast to the other three. Brokaw may be the moderator, but he won’t be asking any questions. Instead, he’ll be handing the microphone to a group of ordinary people — undecided voters all — who will ask questions that might not be what the mainstream media has been asking.

“It’s not the high drama of the YouTube debates. I don’t think we’ll see any snowmen asking questions (as in the YouTube debates sponsored with CNN),” said Dotty Lynch, a CBS News political analyst and a faculty member at American University in Washington. “But they are typically pretty interesting. Viewers at home can put themselves into the shoes of the questioners more than they can reporters.”