[Timeout]

Initial reactions are that Kerry was polished, slick and presidential and Bush seemed to lack confidence.

Of all my impressions of the substance, it was GWB's posture that I noticed most. He was hunched over the podium much of the time and it made him look less self-confident than he's appeared out on the trail lately.

The rest of it just makes me too nervous to expand on at this point.

[Fledermaus]

I'll expand...I've talked to many (including a local Nashville talk show host) that LIKES it when Bush leans over the podium, looks directly into the camera and lays out his position in no uncertain terms.

It means he's being real and not managed.