Read Drudge. Lockhart overheard dismally proclaiming Bush’s tie on all issues with Kerry. Obviously, Joe was dismayed by Kerry’s performance. As an old–and quite recent–Afghan hand, OBL is not (NOT, JFK) in Afghanistan. Not in the sense of ‘alive and breathing’ in Afghanistan or anyone else. His DNA particulates are too small to measure, even by the crack team of CSI. Dead and gone. Long gone.

I’m very disappointed that Bush didn’t push the great success of Afghanistan, but the prosecutorial style of debate–by both Lehrer (abysmally baised) and Kerry– didn’t leave much opportunity on that subject from POTUS. Since the style of the debate was to consistently pressure Bush to defend his policies while leaving Kerry’s decades long record of shame off-limits, we didn’t really have a debate as much as an inquisition. From where I’m sitting, this didn’t play as well as pundits are claiming. (Vide: Lockhart’s remarks.)