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Friday, September 26, 2008

Who "Won" The First Debate?

For what it's worth, as of 11:49 pm Eastern on Friday the Wall Street Journal online poll gives the win to Obama, 58% to 34%. Check it out for the latest update.

Similarly, Mark Halperin of Time Magazine gave a higher overall grade to Obama: Obama A-, McCain B-

I've been poking around the web and the consensus seems to be somewhere between it was a draw and Obama did slightly better. The idea is that Obama just needed to hold his own on foreign policy (the theme of the night) and that he succeeded.