PRESTOPUNDIT

Kerry was utterly relentless. On the attack on every front in the most forceful manner possible. At some point this began to work against Kerry. He seems like a relentless -- and soulless -- killing machine, like a Mike Tyson or a shark. And at some point this no longer impressed -- what it began to do is suck all sense of sincerity out of Kerry's incessant attacking. The pile upon pile of double-barrelled attacking seems to have no other theme or depth than personal victory itself. Not a passion for the victory of America, not a passion for the security of the people in the audience, but a passion instead for the personal victory of John Kerry. And this is not the impression you want to leave with America. It was as if John Kerry were a defense attorney with no real care for the fate of his client, but who wanted to crush some witness for the sake merely of his own personal victory -- a transitory victory for the attorney which well could cost the client his liberty. The President tonight assured America that he does forcefully and sincerely care about America and its security. John Kerry did not.

UPDATE: Here's an entertaining scorecard of the debate from the Weekly Standard. Posted by Greg Ransom