First blood to Kerry in TV debate

First blood to Kerry in TV debate
Julian Borger in Miami
The Guardian
Friday October 1, 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1317491,00.html

The US president, George Bush, and Democratic candidate John Kerry exchange words at the end of their first televised presidential debate. Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters
John Kerry regained the initiative in the US presidential race last night with a forceful performance in his first debate with George Bush, occasionally leaving the president scowling and at a loss for words.
Instant-response polls by three major television networks all showed that a large majority of their viewers thought the challenger had won the 90-minute verbal contest at the University of Miami - the first of three debates in the last month of the campaign....