You're right, he did fine. He got to the audience he intended to get to.....women voters. Kerry came off as a pampered bully, and Dubya came off sincere and tired. After all, he spent the entire day comforting Americans who lost everything in the storms, while Kerry spent the day at a spa getting a manicure!
Worse for Kerry, we have some great tv ad sound bites:
Global test
We didn't need that tax cut
Give Iran nuclear fuel
I've never waivered on Iraq
This is one of those nights that will look a lot better after the fact.