I ain't arguin' that!

(… seeing echoes of Gore …)

But just perhaps the average voter is going to take many of those irritated looks another way. They may well think – like I did at points – that the President looked just like I felt during many of Kerry's answers. The look on his face matched that same "How can he come in front of me and ply this absolute BS with a straight face" thing. Earlier in the campaign, it' was cute. Now, it's simply irritating that someone as patently unserious a candidate as John Kerry gets to stand on an even footing with someone who is trying with his whole heart to keep us from getting killed.

My guess is that the voters are going to give Bush as pass on the irritation thing because…well…John Kerry is irritating!

In one of my previous posts, I talked about presentation. Non-verbal communications are as important as the message. Last night, Kerry looked more Presidential than Bush did. His body language was more confident than Bush's. (Kerry stood erect; Bush slumped over onto the podium. Kerry seemed comfortable; Bush seemed irritated.) This may seem like a minor thing, but non-verbals do play a subconscious role in people's decisions.

Adding the non-verbals to the debate, I think Kerry barely edged out Bush. But that's just my objective opinion.