The presidential debates are finally over, so let the punditry begin.

The Post’s Howard Kurtz who offers his usual rundown of what the major media outlets are saying in Media Notes, reporting:

The Tempe debate lacked any sense of electricity — at least compared to the Yankees/Red Sox game on Fox, which undoubtedly cut into the candidates’ audience. These guys know each others’ moves. There was no obvious turning point. And the pundit reaction was essentially that it was a draw.

What did viewers at home think? Kurtz also has the rundown on snap polls conducted after the debate.

CBS‘s quickie poll gave it to Kerry, 39 to 25–about the same margin as in the first debate. CNN/USA Today had Kerry winning, 52 to 39. ABC (with 38 percent GOPers and 30 percent Dems polled) had Kerry by an eyelash, 42 to 41.

The W. Times reports that the candidates are on the road again. Kerry will campaign in Nevada, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Iowa while the President heads to Iowa and Wisconsin tomorrow and Florida on Saturday.

Did any DCers out there see a clear winner? Who do you think had the best over all performance out of the three debates?

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