'But the voters who watched the matchup preferred Kerry by 48% to 47% for Bush before the debate. '
seems to belie the headlines - 700+ pre-prejudiced poll-ees....
Bush has improved his "likeability" numbers by a point since the debate. sKerry went down by 1. Newsweek will do everything possible to try and persuade voters. Probably polled only non-english speaking French-Canandian registered Socialists.