Here we go...

UPDATE: Kerry Sucking up to Floridians already...

UPDATE: Kerry Flip-Flop on not allowing other nations having veto power over us.

UPDATE: Good overview of all that has been accomplished in the war on terror by Bush.

UPDATE: I think the Bush team should have gotten the Presidential seal on Bush's podium, hehe.

UPDATE: Nuance by Kerry, the 9/11 Commission did find links between Al Quaeda and Hussein, just not 9/11 and Hussein. That should show up in the sidebar soon.

UPDATE: It only took Kerry 12 minutes to bring up Vietnam. I should have had a pool going on that.

UPDATE: Bush using Kerry's own words against him. Brilliant.

UPDATE: Humvees don't have armament? Perhaps Kerry shouldn't have voted against the $87 billion.

UPDATE: Bush using “wrong war” speech from Kerry against him. Sends the wrong message to our allies and troops.

UPDATE: Ah, the wealthiest Americans tax cut meme from Kerry. Not surprised to hear that.

UPDATE: Good point from Bush on how Kerry plans to pay for all those promises he just made.

UPDATE: Bush stuttered a little starting his statement, people might pick on that, but it wasn't that big of a deal.

UPDATE: “Help is on the way”, give me a break.

UPDATE: Another Vietnam reference, I count two so far.

UPDATE: YES! Help is on the way, but he voted against the $87 billion, good point Bush.

UPDATE: Vietnam - that's three.

UPDATE: Kerry mentions Haliburton, why can't he realize that Haliburton is about the only company that can do what they do.

UPDATE: Bush uses Kerry's insulting of our allies against him, you know he was waiting for an opportune time for that.

UPDATE: Bush is starting to beat the “mixed signals” thing a little too much for my taste.

UPDATE: Kerry just flip-flopped about not going to war knowing what we know now. He was asked point blank if he would vote for the war again, and he said he would.

UPDATE: North Korea has nukes? I wonder who allowed that to happen? Senator Kerry, do recall Clinton's term in office?

UPDATE: He keeps saying he knows how to bring national leaders back to the table, but doesn't say how. I'm not convinced.

UPDATE: Bush using Kerry's flip-flopping Iraq statements again. “As politics change, his positions change.”

UPDATE: Kerry just said, “I have had one consistent position on Iraq”, I started laughing out loud at that one. Bush said the only thing consistent about Kerry's position is that it's inconsistent.

UPDATE: Bush talking about a visit with the family of a fallen soldier. He aways looks good talking about things like that, he looks much more like a compassionate person than Kerry does.

UPDATE: Vietnam, that's four.

UPDATE: Good point about how would the troops feel if the commander-in-chief started saying wrong war, wrong time.

UPDATE: Bush pointing out Kerry's criticism of Alawi, they said he was a puppet. That's no way to treat such a brave man.

UPDATE: I think that was a good answer from Bush about if we'll be sending troops to other countries. He said he hopes he doesn't have to, but a President always has to consider it as a last resort. Brought up Libya dismantling its weapons programs.

UPDATE: Bush really needs to point out that the 9/11 Commission found links between Iraq and Al Quaeda. Kerry saying we “outsourced” the hunt for Bin Laden. He's said that twice now. Sneaky bastard.

UPDATE: “I'll never take my eye off the ball”. What the hell does that even mean?

UPDATE: Bush segues into not supporting the International Criminal Court. Way to stick up for our national sovereignty.

UPDATE: A lot of “he said, she said” on Iran and North Korea, that probably won't sway any undecideds.

UPDATE: Kerry just mentioned a “Backdoor draft”. He's really pushing the draft thing, even if it is in a roundabout way like that.

UPDATE: Ok, everyone's in agreement on Darfur.

UPDATE: Character issues question, Bush better knock this out of the park.

UPDATE: Good way to start out, mentioning the things he likes and appreciates about Kerry. More mixed messages. Bush could have done better on that question.

UPDATE: Good point from Bush about not changing his core values for politics.

UPDATE: Kerry just said again that he's only had one position on Iraq. Does he think people are buying that?

UPDATE: I think Bush just avoided using the word nuclear, opting for WMD. Maybe not a bad tactic, but who really cares about the pronunciation. Now talking about missile defense system, which is making progress, Kerry opposes it.

UPDATE: Good answer on Putin, against his pulling of some democratic policies, but an ally in the war on terror.We and other democratic countries have to keep working with him.

UPDATE: Bush never said “Mission Accomplished”, Senator.

UPDATE: They seem to agree on Putin.

UPDATE: Vietnam again, five mentions by my count.

UPDATE: Kerry says he's going to strengthen the military, but his 19-year Senate record says otherwise.

UPDATE: Bush just said “Our military will be an all-volunteer force” ie. no draft, you hear that people?

UPDATE: Pretty good closing on both parts. I'm going to read the transcript and see what I might have missed while blogging and sum up a little later.

POST-DEBATE UPATE: Kerry mentioned Haliburoton. As I said, Haliburton is singularly in a position to provide the services that they do. Boortz has this to say:

I notice that the Kerry campaign is running ads in Ohio, a crucial battleground state, where it is claimed that Halliburton was awarded some no-bid contracts to Halliburton for services in Iraq.  Actually, I believe that may be true.  No bid contracts are common in cases of emergencies.  But there's more to the story here.  Guess what other president granted no-bid contracts to Halliburton?  And guess which president granted no-bid contracts to Halliburton at a time when there was NO emergency.  I believe his name was Clinton, or something like that.  Funny that's not mentioned in the Democrats' commercial.

'Nuff said.

POST-DEBATE UPDATE II: Sharp as a Marble did a much better job at this than I did...