[EggsAckley]

Kerry didn't win. All he did was NOT embarrass himself too badly. His "hand jive" made it almost impossible to follow what he was saying.

[Novel]

There was certainly no knockout punch thrown, which every pundit said Kerry would have to do to have a chance on election day.

Two Notes: Did anyone else notice how Kerry's hands were shaking? The guy was scared to death.

My nephew called 30 minutes into the debate. He's not political at all. He hates Bush, but he was registering to vote today after seeing what jerk Kerry is in the debates. He's twenty and he is really disgusted by lanky senator.

[Poincare]

Kerry put out lies and canards that fully half the long time freepers could have seized on, refuted, and given Kerry a spanking. W didn't. We ask "Why?" Does the Bush team wan't to keep the race close until the end of Oct.?

[lemura]

Kerry didn't win.

Yeah, he trounced him. Look, the issue is not whether or not Kerry 'won' the debate (rest assured that he most thoroughly did). The guy is a very good public speaker - why deny the fact?

However, just like in chess, one false move can doom a game 10 moves down the line. Kerry became overconfident and let down his guard. He will rue the day he even mentioned such iniatives as 'bi-lateral action with NK' or 'global test'.

In a few days, there will be hazy memories of how well Kerry did in the debate. They will be subsumed by more substantive issues of what he really said during those 90 minutes.