I must tell you, I thought the President didn't look very good.
I thought John Kerry seemed much more prepared and even relaxed.
Kerry loses on the facts (Bilateral talks with North Korea is a horrible idea, Bush is right that Kerry's stand on our allies and the war is nothing that would inspire either were he to become president, and strategic nukes are something of course we should keep as an option for bunker-buster type weapons, and despite what John Kerry said tonight, the NY Subway was never shut down during the Republican National Convention...I know...I was there), but losing on the facts sometimes doesn't matter.
Kerry didn't do very well on defending his voting against the $87 billion...he talked about how he talked about it, but didn't explain about his vote. I thought Kerry when asked questions for specifics, he droned on and on about what the president did wrong...and never really answered the question.
All that said, I thought the President blew an opportunity to knock Kerry out. I thought Kerry won. (Winning sometimes has to do with simply exceeding expectations.)
And the next debate is a town hall type setting and is on domestic issues. I think there is plenty to encourage the Kerry folks.