If I was to score the thing overall...edge to Kerry for sure.
When you break it down into the 2 categories all the talking heads keep mentioning it would look this way to most i believe..
Style...Kerry
Substance.... Tie.
The one thing that grabbed my attention was when Kerry stated "I made a mistake" in answer to supporting the war on Iraq initially and then not funding the troops afterwards.
The word "mistake" is one of those catch words that stick with people when you talk to them, and without many of them even realizing it.
I think that was his biggest "mistake" of the evening.
All in all I was a lot more pleased with the whole thing than i thought i would be going in. Both guys are very good debaters, with differing styles. Kerry's style came across as much more viewer friendly IMO. Honestly dont know if that translates into a better president or not though.
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