Bush won it big time. I agree that Kerry got stronger in the second half, but Bush won strong early and stayed even for the debate, the biggest blunder was Bush thinking that he had 30 seconds for the judge litmus questions
I disagree. He answered the question, made his point, that was it. In debate, that's what you do. Besides, Kerry went on to blather on for the next 90 seconds and didn't do anything but pander.