I stayed up late and watched it a second time last night, and I too walked away the second time realizing how one-sided it was. Bush had a strong message, stayed on the offensive (as Cheney did the other day), and handled attacks very well. He is no "great communicator", but the people do not expect that at this point.
I watched it 3 times and Kerry got the final "cheap shot"
a couple of times, but POTUS had already made his point.
Kerry behaved like the desperate candidate he is. He's going down.
Bush crossed the 50% mark in the Rasmussen daily tracking poll
and that was taken PRIOR to the debate!