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3:45 AM ET, September 27, 2008

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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll Results Suggest More Uncommitted Voters Saw Obama As Debate Winner  —  UPDATED WITH NEAR-FINAL NUMBERS CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened.
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CNN:
Transcript of presidential debate  —  WASHINGTON (CNN ) — Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama debated on the campus of the University of Mississippi Friday night.  The moderator for the debate was Jim Lehrer of the NewsHour on PBS.  What follows is the full transcript of the debate:
Marc Ambinder:
CBS News / Knowledge Network Undecideds Give Debate To Obama  —  According to CBS News / Knowledge Networks' poll of undecided voters:
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Excerpts of Mark Halperin's Report Cards for the First Presidential Debate  —  Obama  —  Substance: His arguments were hard to follow at the beginning, but he found his voice as the debate progressed, although he never seemed fully in control of his message... If he truly knows more about the world …
The New Republic:
Focus Groups, Undecideds For Obama  —  For what it's worth: The Frank Luntz and Stanley Greenberg focus groups went overwhelmingly for Obama.  And a CBS poll of undecideds went for Obama 40%-22%.  Update : The CNN polls goes to Barack, 51%-38%.  — Isaac Chotiner
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
INITIAL REACTION: OBAMA WINS ON POINTS.... I'll have a more thought out reaction to the debate in the morning, but my insta-reaction was that Obama had the edge, on points.  —  I think a lot of observers go into a debate like this waiting for a knock-out blow, along the lines of a “You're no Jack Kennedy” moment.
Think Progress:
Presidential Debate Live-Blogging  —  11:47: CNN's Roland Martin's reaction to the debate: “John McCain, how dare you come and give a debate and you don't even say the word ‘middle class.’”  —  11:35: Fox pollster Frank Luntz's focus group showed that a majority was “moved” by Obama's performance.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
The reporters and the polls  —  The mild consensus in the press file was that McCain won, if not in particularly dramatic fashion.  The two insta-polls out — from CBS and CNN — found the opposite: That Obama won by a wide margin.  CBS had it 39% to 25% for Obama, CNN 51% to 38%.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Stumper
PR Newswire:   CBS News Takes High-Accuracy Approach to Capturing Effects …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
TWS Exclusive: Kissinger Unhappy About Obama  —  Henry Kissinger believes Barack Obama misstated his views on diplomacy with US adversaries and is not happy about being mischaracterized.  He says: “Senator McCain is right.  I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage …
The Politico:
GOP concerned about Palin  —  A growing number of Republicans are expressing concern about Sarah Palin's uneven — and sometimes downright awkward — performances in her limited media appearances.  —  Conservative columnists Kathleen Parker, a former Palin supporter, says the vice presidential nominee should step aside.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
Free Sarah Palin!  —  I absolutely refuse to watch another Sarah Palin interview.  —  It's not because I don't like the lady and don't want to hear what she has to say.  In fact, it's exactly the opposite.  It's because I want to hear what she's about and what she believes in and that's why I won't listen anymore.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
McCain Wins Debate  —  Although the fate of tonight's presidential debate in Mississippi remains very much up in the air, John McCain has apparently already won it — if you believe an Internet ad an astute reader spotted next to this piece in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal this morning.
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The Huffington Post:
Ex-Adviser: McCain “Blinked,” Campaign “Governed By Tactics, Not Ideology”  —  Scroll down to see McCain ad...  After days of saying that John McCain would not attend Friday's presidential debate unless an agreement on a bailout package for the markets was “locked-down,” the McCain campaign has gone back on its word.
The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin's Beauty Pageant Swimsuit Competition Footage (VIDEO)  —  Sarah Palin's 1984 beauty pageant swimsuit competition video has hit the web.  An Alaskan has uploaded what he claims to be 100% real footage of Sarah Palin in a red tank suit in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
INITIAL REACTION  —  My take on this debate was that both candidates made their basic arguments clearly.  They stuck to the points they're making on the campaign trail.  Neither of these guys are powerful debaters but both held up well.  I didn't see many real gaffes or mistakes.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
LIVE FIRST PREZ DEBATE BLOGGING
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
‘McCain is right’  —  The McCain campaign is up with a very fast YouTube on Obama's repeated assents to things McCain said.
Judd Legum / The Huffington Post:
Ignore The Pundits: How To Figure Out Who Won The Debate  —  There were 23 debates during the Democratic primary and part of my job on the Hillary campaign was to monitor the post-debate reaction in the media.  I watched hundreds of self-described political experts instantly declare who won and who lost.
Marc Ambinder:
The Rumble In Oxford: First Thoughts:  —  No memorable moments.  —  Fascinating body language.  —  No major gaffes by either candidates.  —  No major surprises.  —  Experience v. judgment  —  A good debate for both men.  —  The big policy news: McCain floated an across-the-board spending freeze (with a few exceptions).
Discussion: Spin Cycle and The RBC
Michelle Malkin:
Who won?  —  I'm giving it to McCain — and you know I'm a tough grader on him.  —  He was slow out of the gate — a broken record on earmarks and spending — but Obama failed to turn the bailout debacle against him.  McCain hit his stride in the second half, schooling Obama on counterinsurgency …
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DEBATE LIVEBLOGGING.  —  10:37: Final statements.  McCain says Obama is unready.  Obama says his father came from Kenya and loved America and its values.  That basically encapsulates the debate.  —  10:34: More Bill Schneider: “McCain almost certainly misspoke when he said he wouldn't speak with Spain …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
CNN:
Evangelist arrested in child porn case  —  (CNN) — Evangelist Tony Alamo was arrested Thursday in Flagstaff, Arizona, on charges related to a child porn investigation, an FBI spokesman said.  —  The 74-year-old founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was arrested without incident at 2:45 p.m. …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Reuters:
Sen. Kennedy released from hospital  —  BOSTON (Reuters) - Ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy, a liberal giant and patriarch of America's most storied political family, was examined and released from a Massachusetts hospital on Friday after suffering a mild seizure, officials said.
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CNN:
Kennedy headed home after brief hospitalization
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Wire:
Ku Klux Klan Members Plan to Appear at Presidential Debate Site  —  Corey Dade reports from Oxford, Miss., on the presidential race.  —  When the University of Mississippi hosts the first presidential debate tonight, the two sides of its troubled racial history could converge.
Discussion: Think Progress
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Gas Shortage In the South Creates Panic, Long Lines  —  If Drivers Can Fill Up, They Get Sticker Shock  —  Gasoline shortages hit towns across the southeastern United States this week, sparking panic buying, long lines and high prices at stations from the small towns of northeast Alabama …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging Ole Miss  —  10.31 pm.  It strikes me as a mistake for McCain to end the debate on his commitment to staying in Iraq indefinitely.  Obama's emphasis on the broader global conflict and our broader responsibilities will reach more people.  His vision seems broader, wiser, and more focused on ordinary people.
Discussion: Vodkapundit
 
 
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As predicted, the “Sen. McCain is right” video
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