Bush articulated fairly well for the first half of the debate, but seemed to run out of steam after that. He also seemed to be unwilling to go very negative on Kerry.
I think they'll change their tact in the next debate. Kerry has opened the door WIDE OPEN for someone to rip his foreign policy. Notice how the Kerry campaign is suddenly trying to get off foreign policy as fast as they can, hoping the impression voters have from the debate (nice hair! nice enunciation! nice posture!) will last, and they can shift focus to populist issues like health care and tax the rich, before Kerry's ludicrous statements on Iraq sink him.
Anybody else read the AP interview of the former Iraqi colonel who is one of the leaders of the insurgents in Fallujah? Basically he was gloating about the anti-war statemnets from Kerry and how they have helped the insurgents morale and recruitment. That is bad, bad, bad.