Kerry 1, Bush 0
My highly-biased, partisan notion of what went on in the debate last night was this: John Kerry wiped the floor with George Bush. Kerry was clear, he was concise, he listed Bush's failures, and he made the case for why he'd do a better job. I'd maybe have preferred Kerry to focus a bit more on what he wanted to do rather than what Bush did wrong, but the balance Kerry hit on wasn't bad. Meanwhile, Bush looked alternately angry and frightened, and he seemed to think that the best thing he could do is bring up the flip-flop accusation over and over.
I remember my crazy right-wing nut of an officemate once said that Kerry was in trouble because he had a 20 year Senate voting record on which he could be attacked. Maybe so, but Bush has to run on a record that includes Abu Ghraib, Iraq on fire, North Korea going nuclear, and, oh yeah, Osama still on the lam.
But what the heck do I know? Bush is ahead in the polls. Sigh.