From my point of view, Bush undoubtedly won on substance. But I'm not a swing voter.
I don't think either man won on style.
My view is that in electoral terms, the debate is probably a draw, which is OK for Bush, but not the solid win I wanted to see.
I wish they'd put off the foreign policy debate.
Freep the MSNBC Poll!!!! DNC there already....
My impression is its a draw. Its not where Senator Kerry needs to go to change the dynamics of this race. President Bush held his ground so that's enough to allow him to keep his lead. He would really have had to mess it up badly to fall behind his opponent. Its not going to happen. Unless the next two debates result in a knockout blow to the President, he should get by enough to win a second term in November. Just my 2 cents verdict on tonight's debate.