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"When ultra-liberal kool-aid drinker Josh Marshall calls the debate “a draw,” you can bet that Bush whupped Kerry big time. " -- PoliPundit "If this debate had been a boxing match, John Kerry would be on his way to the Hospital, with two cracked ribs, six lost teeth, a broken nose, and a herniated disc. Bush scuffed his shoes. He might need a band-aid or two. The ref would have stopped this fight." -- DJ Drummond via PoliPundit "John Kerry reveals his true elitist colors." --Michelle Malkin "No one can deny that John Kerry is a skilled debater. But the President Bush we know and love -- feisty, determined, and even funny at times -- was back. And he has walked away from the second debate with an edge." --Caroll Platt Liebau "No way to call this other than a big Bush win, and no amount of spin can change that." --Hugh Hewitt "... it looks to me like a pretty solid Bush win here for two reasons. First, the expectations were low, and he was drastically better than the previous debate, especially in the closing statement. Talk about beating the point spread. Second, he stayed focused and on-message, and looked firm instead of exasperated. As some talking head said, Bush came to play tonight. [Glenn Reynolds watched the debate on Fox!?!] He wins the comeback prize." --Glenn Reynolds Time to bag it. Most of the blogosphere voices I've seen "get it right" recently have called it pretty much as I saw it. Maybe not as glowingly as I saw a Bush win, but clearly a Bush win.