[BigDoom]

CNBC

Kerry 71%, Bush 29%

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Promos/P95958.asp?ShowResults=1&HasVotedTwice=#Vote

CNN

Kerry 83%, Bush 12%

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/

CBS

Kerry 91%, Bush 8%

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/08/politics/main641817.shtml

LA Times

Kerry 87%, Bush 9%

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-debate1oct01,1,6123688.story?coll=la-home-headlines&vote14465898=1

polls are devasting, what happen that night?!?

[DSBull]

They are all, including FOX, on technical issues of debating and style.

When or if they begin to look at substance, and if they don't, Bloggers, Rush and talk radio, Fox, will and that will force the MSM to look at it, Kerry is going to pay for his lies and dangerous comments on foreign policy.

[kingu]

Yes, they watched the same debate.. Kerry came off as being polished, Bush didn't. Bush seemed to be searching for answers sometimes.

As time passes, the substance of what was said is being examined, and Kerry's losing the debate on those terms. Will the voters look at it the same way? Doubtful, first impressions are what many will go by. So, in that respect, it was a close tie, with perhaps the edge to Kerry.

I think Bush did fine, and Kerry failed by not winning in a huge manner. Tomorrow morning, the voter views will be just about the same as it was this morning; Bush is winning.

[whadizit]

The general public is only impressed by style.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Those aren't polls. Those are internet polls. Only the dems are desperate enough to skew them. The republicans mostly went to bed.

[zoyd]

One, the DNC orchestrated an immediate post-debate posse to flood online polling. They'd been planning it for a week, so don't put too much stock in those.

That said, Bush didn't perform all that well. I'm sure Kerry supporters are sleeping well, and that Bush supporters are sleeping okay.

If you think Bush won the debate handily, I'd suggest you might not be looking at it dispassionately.

I'm sure some Kerry supporters thought it was the best television ever, and some Bush supporters thought it was the best television ever, but it was neither. It was closer to a draw. A somewhat unexciting draw. No one hit anything out of the park.

[Swenson]

Maybe this has something to do with it?