I didn't like the silence either. Can't remember what it was but GB said something that made me laugh and he kind of stopped like "yall didn't think that was funny?". Maybe it's against debating rules but some clapping might have gotten the two of them fired up a little more.
Bite your tongue. At a university headed by Donna Shalaya -- where she gave out the tickets! It would have been the ultimate stacked deck.
BTW, look for a stacked deck in St. Louis, particularly with Charlie Gibson moderating.