If your definition of of "win" is who increased their chances of winning in November then President Bush won.
- There is one less debate opportunity for Kerry to use to close the gap.
- The key phrase coming out of this debate is "Global Test".
- And at the same President Bush lowered expectations for the next two debates making it much easier for him to be preceived as the winner.
And the President succeeded in framing Kerry as an indecisive person when what we need is decisive leadership ... nukes for Mullahs, global testing, and that wishy-washiness are the three biggies from the debate. The Bush team will handle the other incidentals, like the list of lies told by sKerry tonight, and the lack of ANY substance from sKerry on issues.