The MSM has been tempering any Kerry win lines. I never detected a sincere embracing of that stance, myself. I perceived a wishful thinking on their part.
The polls indicated people granted Kerry debate style but the internals gave the substance to Bush. As Kerry's lies and flawed thinking are gradually exposed, any positives will disappear.
In fact I just heard on one of the channels that Kamp Kerry is saying they do not expect the polls to "reflect 'the' win" soon.
Yeah, right. Try never.
I was wondering if anyone caught that. LibLieSlayer Has access to polling data that said numbers actually shifted toward Bush immediately after the debate. And on a related note, I don't think we'll go into the next debate losing the battle of expectations fight. People are now truly going to expect Kerry to debate like Cicero, and for Bush to look like a chump. I'm certain that wasn't part of the B/C grand strategy, but I prefer that to the high expectations placed on Bush, and the low expectations placed on Kerry going into the first debate. Finally, it appears the stock market is very comfortable with the debate outcome (if in fact the state of the election race has any impact on the stock market).