[eddie willers]

The Jury might be more impressed with Kerry as a lawyer, they'll still vote to convict.

Excellent point.
Excellent post.

[Truthsearcher]

I think a lot of the angst on this board is by people who bought into the pre-debate hype where the media build up W (mainly so that Kerry couldn't help but exceed expectations).

There was a lot of talk on this board of how "Bush is going to kick Kerry's ass" at the debates.

I was not one of those people. I remember what I saw of W in the debates with Gore. W is simply not a very good debater, he wasn't then and he isn't now.

I fully expected Kerry to win the style points coming in. But he didn't win the debate, in the end he did not persuade anyone that wasn't already in his camp.