On the merits, he whipped the president, hands down; luckily, the GOP has some of the best spinners and operatives around, and debate performance is seen through the prism of post-debate spin, in part because millions who watch these debates don't know a damn thing about the particulars of what is being discussed.
LOL
Even Joe Lockhart admitted (though he didn't intend for us to know it) that it was at BEST for them a draw. Those of us who said Bush won were correct.
I will allow myself to gloat a little. Jonah needs to get a grip usually. He tends to be a little nellyish.