Who Won the First Presidential Debate?

[Lemur]

Well here I am, utterly convinced that the debate was a draw, but these durn pollsters are suggesting that it was a slam-bam for Obama. Shows you what I know; I'm good at knowing my own mind, and absolute junk at predicting how things will go over with the general public.

Obama went from a +18 on "understanding your needs and problems" before the debate to a +56 (!) afterward. And he went from a -9 on "prepared to be president" to a +21.

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Also note that McCain couldn't bear to look at Obama even when shaking hands. That's just weird, man.

One possible explanation: "I think people really are missing the point about McCain's failure to look at Obama. McCain was afraid of Obama. It was really clear--look at how much McCain blinked in the first half hour. I study monkey behavior--low ranking monkeys don't look at high ranking monkeys. In a physical, instinctive sense, Obama owned McCain tonight and I think the instant polling reflects that."

I'm naturally inclined to agree with any sentence that contains the word "monkey."