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President Bush did not get BULLDOZED in the debate. He held his own against repeated negative attacks from John Kerry. John Kerry made a lot of factual mistakes, on matters big and small. And that's Kerry's ultimate "nuanced" downfall --- he talks too much out of his rear end. Kerry may sound like he understands what he's talking about, but he doesn't. That will be pointed out in the coming days. For example:

-The cost of the war in Iraq so far has been far less than $200,000,000;
-Kerry told another story about places in the Soviet Union where he couldn't have been;
-Kerry has said that the administration has LIED on Iraq on numerous occasions, despite his protestations to the contrary; and
-The New York City subways were NEVER closed as a result of the RNC. ALL New York subways ran normally, and even stopped at Penn Station, underneath Madison Square Garden. He was thinking of BOSTON, which is run by a timid Democrat.

Sure, the President missed a couple of opportunities to hammer Kerry on his Senate record. He should have used Zell's list of programs Kerry wanted cut to prove Kerry is weak on defense. He should have said that he has always had a plan on Iraq and outlined the broader war on terror.

But the President did okay. That's all that matters. He's leading in the polls. Nothing from this debate will change that.

Just had a thought..about the bunker buster bomb..perhpas Bush let that go because it may come up in the domestic issues "debate" and at that time Bush can point out that Kerry's plan to dump the bomb would be consistent with his votes agains all the weapons used today in the War on Terror...

President Bush did not get BULLDOZED in the debate. He held his own against repeated negative attacks from John Kerry.

I agree. The President showed incredible self-restraint and avoided some traps, like the question about Kerry's character.