1 I think Kerry gets better soundbites. Most of the news media is curled up at his feet. Bush often times will get a five second clip that they use against him. But its hard to convince people that Bush is no good if you dont let him finish what he was saying in the clip.

2 We all wish Bush had Reagan's rhetorical skills, but he doesn't. And of course the MSM is rooting for Kerry, and there's nothing subtle about it. But Bush is going to win. Over at Protein Wisdom, Jeff quotes from a thread (on another site) in which another Bush supporter discusses how his wife reacted to the debate. She's the "apolitical" one in the house. She got bored, of course. And she maintained that Kerry was a better debater, and Bush was not suited to that environment. But asked about their positions later, she said she didn't really understand Kerry's, and she did understand Bush's.