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I am a Bush supporter and a Bush/Republican voter.

Kerry did a much better job than Bush tonight.

Kerry was better prepared and more dynamic in his presentation. He stayed on the offensive and Bush missed several opportunites to respond and overall Bush just did not have his "game face" on.

His mumbling responses combined with non-verbal communications were very disappointing to me. Lack of preparation or too much self confidence???

I saw a picture of the two men - Kerry erect behind the podium, Bush slumped over the podium leaning on his elbows, head down.. Not the way to influence people and make a positive impression of dynamic leadership.

If the audience had been allowed to respond during the debate the Kerry people had a lot to respond to - at last their candidate was making a stand and GB simply was not with it. His fault or his advisors for not getting him ready for this initial debate.

Kerry will get several points of "bounce" from this first debate, but there are two more to go. If Bush does not do better in the next two, then it will be a very long election night come 2 Nov.

I could not help but wonder when it was announced that there would be three debates, why Bush had agreed to that. The advantage is to the chalanger.

My humble opinion - go flame mosquitos if you don't like it.

Lamudbug - a Goldwater Republican

I agree with your observations. But my point is this. Our votes aren't going to change by watching this debate, we'll still go for Bush. Anyone dedicated enough to this process to watch the full 90 minute debate has probably already made up their mind, and won't change their vote based on what we've observed.

The less committed swing voters will only be hearing the sound-bytes and key points made by both candidates. Now who wins? ... I say, Bush.

There's nothing incorrect about what you said. W was really fumbling tonite.

One other thing I noticed was that he kept fidgeting with what looked like his pen.

However, some of W's critiques of Kerry were so damning (and so correct) that they actually were worth repeating (I know W was accused of being a little repetitive tonite). I just got through looking at his website, stating how full of crap Kerry is, and I was a bit miffed that W couldn't have used more of what's on his website to mix in with the rest of his pounding of Kerry tonite.

I think the thing that has me the most shaken is that this country, collectively, is gradually losing its wisdom. If we think Kerry is a viable alternative, after his embarrassing and treasonous past, we are in deep do-do.

I'm also stunned at how treacherous the media is. I just can't believe that US journalists' professors so brainwashed them that they'll ignore the horrifying past of Lurch (or Slick Willie) just to get us to be more "reflective" and "tolerant" and all that other crap.