Great Job, Mr. Obama! EXCELLENT first ...

[YvonneCa]

...debate. Anyone agree??? ;)

[applegrove]

1. Yes Obama did really well. It was at least a draw. And McSame needed to

win to get the momentum in the campaign. And foreign policy was his strong suit. Oh my. This does bode well.

[Captain Lance Bass]

2. Obama showed up thats all

Mccant slammed him and he kept saying "johns right"

obama needs to grow a pair fast

[MasonJar]

3. I was disappointed that Obama was too cerebral and too lenient and too conciliatory

to McCain, often agreeing with him.

[silverojo]

4. We have a winner

He was far, far too conciliatory. :(

[YvonneCa]

5. I actually wanted him to be...

...much harder on McCain. Heaven knows McCain deserved it, and the Republicans deserved it. But I don't think I am (or we are) the audience he had to play to. He HAD to win over independents that are fearful or unsure of him as a leader. He did that, IMHO...by showing his intelligence on issues.

[Orangepeel]

6. what would make you happy and what appeals to "undecideds" aren't necessarily the same

By all accounts I've seen, Obama played very well to people who hadn't yet made up their minds. Of course, these people aren't voting on issues, or else they would have already made up their minds. They are voting on demeanor and who "looks Presidential."

It seems that Obama did a good job in looking that way to these folks. So, more power to him. What he did worked.

[Kdillard]

7. I agree he did a good job and even more important i was happy

to see the reaction of independents and undecided voters. He looked like the only adult in the room and I thought he got some very good jabs in at McCain. He didn't have to be nasty to leave a mark.