No contest

First off, I was pretty down on President Bush’s performance on the first debate, so I’m not a knee-jerk cheerleader. Second, instead of live-blogging I decided to watch the whole debate before commenting to get the full effect. Third, oh, forget it: Bush kicked Kerry’s ass tonight!

Bush was forceful without grasping (like the first debate). He was confident and resolute. Kerry seemed intent on answering every question with an avalanche of barely-relevant statistics before attacking the administration. Oh, but he has a “plan.” Look at the transcripts tomorrow: every time Kerry talked about his plans, he would do everything but reveal the details of any plan.

And finally! Bush hit Kerry on his anemic Senate career where he did nothing to address all these pressing issues facing the country. Kerry and trial-lawyer Edwards want tort reform? Sure, sure they do.

Hilarious moment: in Kerry’s (non-rebuttal) closing statement, he said he would never cede America’s control to a foreign power or entity…after spending 90 minutes saying exactly the opposite!

President Bush won hands down.