Obama the victor, poll says

Change the title. There were 20% more democrats in the polling. If you go by fox news MCcain won by 50%.. Don;t publish stupidities.

I belong to a huge christian oraganization,and we had a washington state conferance tonight.we all werent able to watch the debate.but cearly we are all voting for mcain.He holds alot of are christian values.and we trust in him to get our country back in order.

Another foolish poll to ignore! What a waste of time!

hm, any chance of getting better polling information? It might help us understand who really won. On the other hand, nobody truly wins until November 4th, so we should all go choose the winner rather than letting public opinion choose the winner. Overall, which team would govern better?

You mean Obama the loser tonight the poll say.Barrack Obama looked frustrated and hurt because Mccain delivered some very heavy blow and wobbled Obama most of the debate.Some said he didn't lose and didn't win either then what did he accomplished on tonight debate as a candidate for change.I say zero and our whole family don't look at him as a serious person for President of the United States.John Mccain is the right candidate for President as he demonstrate tonight in the debate.John Mccain chooses his answer carefully and intelligently. surprisingly

Ain't no poll at all. Just a survey on who's Repub and who's Dem in the room. Not very smart, CNN!

The debate was meant to focus on presenting policies in a straight forward and layman's way of understanding so that people get to understand who has the best package to offer.
While it was clear that Obama tried to do this and present his vision for the future, McCain was on the personal attack and constantly making reference to what has already been done and gone. He likes to be associated with what is good of the Bush administration but doesnt want to be asssociated with it on the failed policies. The one thing that we cannot be confused about is that McCain was part of the team that pushed for the I raq war which he strongly believes is being won but was not necessary.

The makeup of the polling sample isn't "skewed" toward Obama. It's representative of America's current party affiliations. That's an accurate picture of America's electorate - so the "skew" is more accurately described as a "preference."

Any person understands polling a group of people where 2/3 of them before the debate started defined themselves as democrats is going to give a result favorable to obama. They also understand that if after de debate the number of people in the group believing mccain won is 3/4 of the number who believe obama won it is obvious mccain won the debate because he brought his number up from 2/3 to 3/4. That is he increased the number of people favourable to him by approximately 9 percent, obviously the poll numbers show he won the debate. Whoever is0responsible for the poll should be fired. The headline about the poll is a lie that damages the credibility of the whole of cnn and serious media.

McCain won by a landslide. I think some of the polls are done by calling districts that are traditionally democratic, which makes them entirely un-scientific. Network bias proves this to be very possible. If who "won" the debate is based on the most knowledgeable, competent person to lead the greatest nation on earth...The answer is clear: John McCain. Obama was jittery, rude with continuous interruptions, and near hostile at times. John McCain was clear, precise, substantive, and direct with his answers. One point he made very clear: He is the one who works with democrats and republicans - Obama does not, proved with his 97% "left" voting record. How do you trust a guy who says he will unite democrats and republicans but his record proves he doesn't do that? Obama is scary: It is proved he changes positions just to try to get elected. McCain is solid as a rock, and the ONLY candidate we can trust to lead this nation.

Obama succeeded in interupting and overtalking. McCain has more knowledge and better skills in handling most all presidential matters. Obama is just lawyerly smooth and actually weak and ineffective. We need McCain's strength.

OBAMA WON - IT IS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!!

We are at an important crossroads -- economically and politically.

As I see it, we have a clear choice here between the craps shooter and the poker player. We have had eight years of intellectually challenged cowboy leadership. At this critical time we need the steady hand of a leader who uses calm, deliberative judgment in weighing the odds to make the decisions that will guide us out of this mess and restore our standing in the world. We do not need a "shoot from the hip" maverick who makes rash and petulant statements and bellicose threats (bomb, bomb Iran) based on little or no information just his own "gut" instinct. Wake up! For G-d sake -- by his own admission, he did not even take five minutes to read the bailout plan! That is truly frightening. It is the same scary "off with his head" intemperance that led him to call for the firing of the SEC Chairman -- and that after he initially pronounced the fundamentals of the economy sound. Now he is shouting "all hands on deck" to solve this crisis. I'm sure I am not alone in my suspicion of such "last-minute" conversions. It seems to be an eerily manic decision making style. I seriously wonder if he is bi-polar? Conservatives should read the George Will article "McCain Loses His Head".

Senator McCain scuttled the deal yesterday for the basest of political calculations. It was a cowardly and un-American performance. Furthermore, his blatant ploy to "suspend his campaign" is a transparent lie. Every statement he made since has been political, and very little if any of the campaign machinery has been shut down. This type of last minute grandstanding is unworthy of anyone who aspires to the Presidency and is a discredit to his code of honor. Let's see if he has the guts to defend his actions in the debates.

And, going forward, we must face the larger issue of which basic economic philosophy will get the nation back on track. Most poor and middle class families have not felt the benefits of Republican "Supply Side" trickle down economics. Millions of Americans have lost jobs and homes, and for the vast majority of us, more inducements, incentives and tax breaks for business and the wealthy are not the answer we are looking for. We should invest in America again -- to build a new independent energy grid and rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. And if we set our own house in order, we can once again be a beacon of hope and freedom for the world.

I thought Obama was awesome! It was so obvious he was the clear winner. McCain could have played in the movie Grumpy Old Men because he sure sounded like one. He was very condescending with his constant line of "Mr. Obama does not understand." It seems to me that if he understood something he would not have been on capitol hill all these years and let one of the worst financial crisis in America unfold. One caveat that I want to add is that the independents are probably former Republicans that haven't made up there mind which way to go. Regardless we are all Americans and the majority of us have declared Obama the winner of this first debate. It would be nice if McCain had something going on besides his war experience and I'm sure if he gets elected this country will spend billions fighting wars we can't win with no help from the rest of the world because our former allies see him as another Bush in disguise. How can you be an original maverick when you vote with the president 90% of the time.

No surprise there. CNN/Time has been rooting for Obama since the primaries. Their polls show Obama winning even when others show otherwise. Joe Klein has a column where he makes excuses for Obama's mistakes and naivete in one week and the next week bashes and smears Hilary (during the primaries) and now McCain/Palin. I have been a Time reader for 30 years. I am sick to the stomach to see how low the magazine has gone. Why would they hire these bigots and idiots to write for the magazine?

obama won.. He was more of a systemic thinker while his Republican opponent is dyjoned and only gave us life experience that anything that helped us understand his ability to things things through in a systemic manner. He was also somewhat rud.

After the debate I was dumbfounded how tv and print focused on how the candidates looked, not the substance of what was to be a foreign policy debate.

Knowing his past service history, how vicious and nasty Obama supporters to center on McCain's appearances.

Anyone paying attention to radical global issues (relating to 911) understood that McCain was incredulous by Obama's ignorance in basic war 101, not understanding that a firm pull out date would result in miltary disaster in Iraq, that Obama managed to alienate the people Pakistan, Iraq and Nato allies currently serving in Afghanistan, and in front of the world, seemed to hang a "kick me I'm stupid sign" around his neck to Iran, Russia, and China..

Whats in a cover? Looks like America might just find that out, once again the hard way.

Dman

Bush, McCain can run. But they cant hide anymore.

What ever congress does to try and fix our stunning economic catastrophe needs to be done very carefully. Congress needs to take their time, and be sure of what they are doing. Whatever is done needs to be sharply focused at helping, and protecting the best interest of the ordinary Americans. In particular the vast American middle class. 700 billion dollars is a lot of the peoples money to spend to bail out a bunch of corrupt Bush loan sharks.

My fellow human beings, just as I warned you ahead of this catastrophic economic meltdown, I must now warn you that what is ahead has the potential to be even more catastrophic than what we are going through now. The worlds geopolitical landscape has been booby trapped by the Bush McCain administration and their republican allies in congress. These booby traps are poised to spring at any time.

Fortunately the Worlds Nations have been blessed with many excellent leaders (except the US) who have been careful, wise, strong, and self-restrained in dealing with the provocations, and antagonism's of the Bush, McCain administration.

Barack Obama and the democrats are your best hope now. Tell your family, friends, and everyone you know to support them as best you can, and vote for them like your life, and the lives of your loved ones depends on it. Because it does. You will not survive 4 more years of Bush McCain.

JACK SMITH - WORKING CLASS...

One father overheard his children talking about what their neighbors were saying in a mocking way about the way he runs his family .The father gather his childrens around and told them look our family is not controll from outside influence and that's why we are a successful and a happy family.More often the Democrat candidate Barrack Obama seems to speak on behalf of foreign countries as if those countries nominate him to be the candidate representing outside influence and it make him looking more like a different and typical kind of candidate.Is he believe in real American value and way of life is a looming question worth asking.

I'm voting Democrat because English has no place being the official language in America .

I'm voting Democrat because it's better to turn corn into fuel than it is to eat.

I'm voting Democrat because I'd rather pay $4 for a gallon of gas than allow drilling for oil off the coasts of America .

I'm voting Democrat because I think the government will do a better job of spending my money than I could.

I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Afg hanistan and Iraq , I know the Islamic terrorists will stop trying to kill us because they'll think we're a good and decent country.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe people who can't tell us if it will rain in two or three days, can now tell us the polar ice caps will disappear in ten years if I don't start riding a bicycle, build a windmill or inflate my tires to proper levels.

I'm voting Democrat because it's alright to kill millions of babies as long as we keep violent, convicted murderers on death row alive.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe businesses in America should not be allowed to make profits. Businesses should just break even and give the rest to the government so politicians and bureaucrats can redistribute the money the way they think it should be redistributed.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe guns, and not the people misusing them, are the cause of crimes and killings.

I'm voting Democrat because when someone with a weapon threatens my family or me, I know the government can respond faster through a call to 911 than I can with a gun in my hand.

I'm voting Democrat because oil companies' 5% profit on a gallon of gas are obscene, but government taxes of 18% on the same gallon of gas are just fine.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four elitist liberals should rewrite the Constitution every few months to suit some fringe element that could never get their agenda past voters.

I'm voting Democrat because illegal aliens are not criminals, are not sucking up resources through government aid, hospit al services, education, or social service s, but are just people trying to make a better life by coming to America illegally. We can't blame them for that, can we?

I'm voting Democrat because now I can now marry whatever I want, so I've decided to marry my horse.

Makes one wonder why anyone would ever vote Republican, doesn't it?

Joe is jewel, tells it like it is! could the American public be so duped into thinking Obama can run this country? just listen to him stutter his way through debates! I have not heard one clear probable answer from this man. Does Obama rhyme with Osama? isn't that your first clue? does anyone remember 911? This man is a danger to this country. Remember how the press showed Kerry leading in the polls in the last election? who owns the press anyway?