It’s hard to characterize the debate from a news story, but two things stuck out:
1) Bean biffed the O’Hare question which matters in that area of Cook–bad debate prep on the campaigns behalf, though that can be fixed. The reason it matters is that she is running as the intouch person and that takes away from that aura of competence that is key.
2) Crane read from his notes during his opening and closing which many people take as rudeness–being unprepared to discuss the reasons for your candidacy.
Meanwhile, Crane, a former university professor, read his opening and closing comments dispassionately and monotone, rarely glancing at the audience.