A few points about the debate:
1. By now, people should realize that the president isn't a great speaker. He's not like a Chirstopher Hitchens or other pundit that'll make these great rhetorical flourishes
2. Kerry said he've give Iran nuclear fuel-that alone should disqualify him for office
3. His inconsistency over coalition in Iraq and unilateralism in NK was disturbing
4. It's funny that now he waxes poetic about how bad the CCCP and Communism when he took the opposite aproach in Nam and his meeting with Ortega
5. He said he'll never falter or waver yet when he got 3 minor injuries in Nam, he bailed out and went on to rip his fellow soldiers
All in all, I think Bush did ok and held the fort. it wasn't a knockout, but I don't think it was bad enough that he lost ground
What was the context of this? I amy have missed it due to putting kids to bed...
I think someone needs to get Bush all riled up before the next two debates. When he finally hit his stride was when he got pissed off.