Bush just got the draft question, and he was obviously primed for it. He started off by script, with the new GOP strategy of defining it as an “Internet rumor” or “Internet hoax.” His answer is muddled and not very convincing–we’re bringing people home (yeah, from Europe, not from Iraq, and so they can replace people in the U.S. who could then be shipped off to Iraq) and we’re getting new technology. Woo hoo.

Kerry is responding with a litany of generals and military people who support him because his policies are better, and then faced Bush directly and told him that we can’t go it alone; that set Bush off, and he actually blustered through and past the moderator and started his answer. That could be good for him or bad, depending on how people perceive it.

Ouch, Kerry just stumbled on the why-there’s-been-no-attack-since-9/11 question, forgetting how long it was between the WTC attacks (he said 5 or 7 years, I believe it was 8). Kerry’s got to stop this stumbling, and focus his answers better. Kerry could be ahead right now, but Bush is coming off better. He’s getting his talking points off in a smoother patter.