Name for me please one modern national election where the great unwashed did not vote for style over substtance.
The author is right, Bush was flat-footed, repetitive, a little lost looking. Kerry was the opposite. That how it looked. That's how it will be portrayed. I'm disgusted because of what is at stake.
The KoolAid drinkers in this episode are the ones who can't see the damage.
We'll see how much damage. I think you are right that Kerry came across better, but overall Bush was able to deliver his messages. No suprises in the debate means Bush should be declared winner. Kerry needed to defeat the Bush plan, not the other way around.