Maybe you should bone up on how politics is really played. Dubya would have had to fall down drolling and talking in tongues for Kerry to win this one.
Kerry didn't do anything to overcome his own negatives or to show Bush in a bad light.
For all of Kerry's polish, he didn't do anything to improve his position in the election.
" To win the title YOU GOT TO KNOCK THE CHAMP OUT!"
The old time pundits said for Kerry " to win " he had to score a knock out.
So, if you look at it that way, Kerry lost.
I honestly can't remember a thing Kerry said-except he would end the bunker buster program.
Kerry talked and talked, but, he said nothing positive and offered no plans for anything.
Anyone who watched the debates was hammered with the themes of hard work, don't send mixed messages, fighting terrorism, global war, democracy, liberty, freedom and security by Bush.
The format made it hard for Bush to counteract all of Kerry's lies, so Kerry had an easier time.
I thought President Bush did just fine.