I watched tonight's first presidential debate.

Actually that's not completely true... I watched some of it, then I put it on the radio while I played golf on my Play Station.  Regardless, I did either listen to or watch the debate.

The first thing that I noticed was that Bush was able to find the camera, while Kerry focused on the moderator. "Connecting with America" is a good way to make up for Bush's deficiencies in substance.  Good job for him. 

I actually wonder whether Kerry showed up for the screen test.  If he had, maybe someone in his entourage would have noticed that and pointed it out.

Not looking into the camera is something Clinton definitely wouldn't have missed.  I wonder whether in subsequent debates Kerry will make a better effort to "make love to the camera."

I know these are the sorts of things that people are loathe to discuss in these issue-heavy debates; but I think that by focusing on Jim Lehrer (arguably a handsome man), Kerry's margin of victory (or defeat depending on your personal dogma) was slightly lessened (greatly increased) because of this.  Instead of "hitting a home run" (winning the debate); Kerry hit a "double to the gap" (lost miserably).