No doubt in my mind that Kerry won this debate. I thought Kerry looked better in this debate than he did in the two previous ones. His answers were almost always relevant to the question and they were generally informative. I slo think that he did very well when it came to correcting Bush\'s mistatements about his policies. Bush\'s answers were generally vague and he seemed to want to focus more on labeling Kerry than actually answering the questions.
Bush also seems awkward when it comes to answering the questions. He always seems like he is waiting for a response from the moderator after each statement. After he got that first laugh he was trying too hard to make random witty statements. We want a president not the Kings of comedy.
BTW, Bush did mislead when he said this about Kerry:
He been a senator for 20 years. He voted to increase taxes 98 times. When they tried to reduce taxes, he voted against that 127 times.
That includes procedural(votes to discuss a bill, votes to end debates on a bill, etc.) votes so, while he technically did vote 98 times, less than a third of that were actual different tax hikes.
A hallmark of the Bush administration. Technically telling truth but backhandedly lying.
