In an interview published on the web just now:
On what Kerry has to do:
NORVILLE: Bob, I know you've seen all the polls... What's Mr. Kerry got to do to pull this one out come debate time?
SCHIEFFER: Hit a couple of home runs, I think, Deborah. I don't think there's any question.
On the president's task Wednesday night:
NORVILLE: And what has George Bush got to do to make sure that these national polls sticks with him through November 2?
SCHIEFFER: I think he has just got to reassure people that he has the good of the country at heart, that he's had a mighty tough job, that the world changed after 9/11, and that he's not ever going to let the country be in the position it was on 9/11, when it was blindsided and attacked by these people who flew these airplanes into these buildings.
So far I think in this campaign, he's done a pretty good job of that, but this campaign is not over yet. I think it's the president's to lose at this point.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6239467/
Unbelievable.
DTH