[gop_gene]

This is good news, but unfortunately, this may be only for the moment. Once Kerry's consensus debate win seeps into the public consciousness, I wouldn't be surprised if Bush's lead on this starts to crumble. I will wait a few days to see if this still holds, and if it does, that is good news indeed.

I am a huge Bush supporter, but even I admit Kerry was the winner in my view, to the extent that I didn't feel repulsion at the thought of him being POTUS. NOT a good thing as one can imagine the effect he would have on independents/soft pubbies.

[Time4Atlas2Shrug]

"I didn't feel repulsion"

I am not with you on that one at all. I just kept saying "I cannot imagine that thing for four years and I can't believe anyone else could either."

[comebacknewt]

Clearly, W did not finish off F'n tonight. In addition, F'n was not as unlikable as we all hoped he would be. That is disappointing.

On the other hand, there were no memorable lines tonight. Kerry did not tell people anything about him that they did not know before, and W did not have any major gaffes.

I can't see this leading to any kind of significant bounce for the Kerry camp. Since they are currently behind, they have to be somewhat disappointed as well.