Obama Wins Debate!!

Oh, and BTW, conventional wisdom says that Obama won the 1st Presidential Debate:

NY Times Editorial: “Obama Dominated Economic Discussions”

Mark Halperin of “The Page” : Obama A-, McCain B-

Time’s Joe Klein - Narrow Victory for Obama

CNN Poll: Obama Wins 51% to to McCain’s 38%

Who Did the Best Job In the Debate?

Obama 51%
McCain 38%

Who Would Better Handle Economy?
Obama 58%
McCain 37%

Who Would Better Handle Iraq?
Obama 52%
McCain 47%

Democratic and Republican Pollsters who conducted focus groups discovered that Obama won each time.

Check out Republican Pollster Frank Luntz having to concede on FOX NEWS that Obama won, based on all of the independent voters who participated in his focus group:



CBS Instant Polls:

40% of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. 22% thought John McCain won. 38% saw it as a draw.
68% of these voters think Obama would make the right decision
about the economy. 41% think McCain would.

49% of these voters think Obama would make the right decisions about Iraq. 55% think McCain would.

To keep this in perspective, I’m pretty sure you can visit many right leaning websites that declared McCain the winner and left leaning websites that declared Obama the winner. However, the links I’ve provided go to pretty reliable sources that aren’t necessarily known to be leaning either way (except for Fox News which had the pollster declaring Obama the winner - much to their dismay).

The only thing that I’m pretty sure of is that OHN reader fineazhell1 will comment that he/she still is undecided/wants more specifics from Obama. *whispers* just say you’re going to vote for McCain and keep it movin…

ETA: Check out blogger Andrew Sullivan’s opinion on the fact that McCain didn’t seem to want to look directly at Obama…. do you agree with his assessment?

The more it sinks in, the more I think Obama actually knocked it out of the park last night. He is, in some ways, the inverse McCain. McCain is all drama and explosions but then … the air smells like damp, finished fireworks smoke. Obama seems calm and cautious but then … you realize he cleaned your clock.

A few more morning after thoughts: the body language matters. McCain couldn’t look at Obama as if he is offended by even having to share a stage with him. But Obama engaged him directly several times. Check the photo below. Even when shaking hands, McCain looks away. This is, in fact, a sign of insecurity.

Keeo it movin' OB!!