Three screenshots which tell the whole story:

[Stop Cornyn]

[TheDonkey]

1. Wow. K&R

[Coexist]

2. K & R!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. 68-41? That's 109.

:wtf:

[clevbot]

7. WTF LOL

[Stop Cornyn]

10. It's two separate questions: "Do you trust McCain to make the right decisions on the economy?" 41%

say yes.

"Do you trust Obama to make the right decisions on the economy?" 68% say yes.

[stlsaxman]

32. you're correct- though that 109% threw me, too.

these results are VERY good.

[FatDave]

12. Look, if they haven't figured out who to vote for yet, what makes you think they can do basic math?

[MadMaddie]

26. I was thinking the same thing!

[Realityhack]

49. It's two separate questions. n/t

[whopis01]

23. To get out of this mess everyone is going to have to give 110%. n/t

[Aloha Spirit]

27. and a pint of blood.

[bertman]

33. And five grand.

[MrCoffee]

25. it's within the margin.

[southerncrone]

28. Hey! That looks live Repug math!

Hmmm....

[Realityhack]

50. Two different questions n/t

[aggiesal]

41. Let vote manipulation season begin!!! n/t

[Realityhack]

52. What is wrong with all of you?

This was two diffrent questions.
Do you trust X to make the right decisions on the economy.

Hell it could have been 88 to 96 and it still would have made sense.

Why is everyone assuming some kind of crazy conspiracy or epic math fail?

[aggiesal]

55. I don't read it that way. ...

I read as:
Who would you trust to make the right decision on the Economy, McCain or Obama?
You can't choose both with that question.

No where does it say "Do you trust X ..."
It doesn't even imply that.

Personally, I believe it's a typo.

[d_b]

4. Opinion of McCain?

[Pryderi]

38. I'd like to know that too. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

5. Excellently Cool!

:woohoo:

Americans actually aren't that stupid......

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Bryn]

8. Kick

:kick: Cool! I think I will sleep better tonight

[Lex]

9. sweeeeeeet

[Cha]

11. Thanks..wonder what the

uncommitted voters thought of mccain?

[ailsagirl]

13. KICK

[usregimechange]

14. kick

[ProgressiveEconomist]

15. K&R. Post of the night, IMO

[usregimechange]

16. More here, CNN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7214635

[Kablooie]

17. These are not accurate. I saw an ad even before the debate started, confirming that McCain won.

[loudsue]

18. Good one!

:rofl:

[and-justice-for-all]

19. Barack the house!!! nt

[Lex]

20. kicking

this bad boy

[Glimmer of Hope]

21. Looking good!

[vanderBeth]

22. Nice

:smoke:

[AlCzervik]

24. the second pic, is there one for McCain?

[IndyOp]

34. You can watch video here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x199952

The bad news is that 55% thought McCain would make better decisions about Iraq; while 49% thought Obama would do so.

They didn't present the poll results for whether the people polled had better or worse opinions about McCain after viewing the debate.

:(

[crazy_vanilla]

29. awsome!!! kick n/t

[grantcart]

30. Here's the story behind the screenshots

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PRESIDENTIAL_DEBATE_POLLS?SITE=NVLAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

From the Las Vegas Review Journal
2 quick polls give Obama edge in debate

A pair of one-night polls gave Barack Obama a clear edge over John McCain in their first presidential debate.

Fifty-one percent said Obama, the Democrat, did a better job in Friday night's faceoff while 38 percent preferred the Republican McCain, according to a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. survey of adults.

Obama was widely considered more intelligent, likable and in touch with peoples' problems, and by modest margins was seen as the stronger leader and more sincere. Most said it was McCain who spent more time attacking his opponent.

About six in 10 said each did a better job than expected. Seven in 10 said each seemed capable of being president.

In a CBS News poll of people not committed to a candidate, 39 percent said Obama won the debate, 24 percent said McCain and 37 percent called it a tie. Twice as many said Obama understands their needs than said so about McCain.

Seventy-eight percent said McCain is prepared to be president, about the same proportion of uncommitted voters as said so before the debate. Sixty percent said Obama is ready - a lower score than McCain, but a solid 16-percentage-point improvement from before the debate.

In another Obama advantage in the CBS poll, far more said their image of him had improved as a result of the debate than said it had worsened. More also said their view of McCain had gotten better rather than worse, but by a modest margin.

The CNN poll involved telephone interviews with 524 adults who watched the debate and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. The CBS survey involved online interviews with 483 uncommitted voters who saw the debate and had an error margin of plus or minus 4 points. It was conducted by Knowledge Networks, which initially selected the respondents by telephone.

Both polls were conducted Friday night.

Polls conducted on one night can be less reliable than surveys conducted over several nights because they only include the views of people available that particular evening.

[Major Hogwash]

40. One old Repub told me today that McCain sounded grumpy in the debate, agitated by Obama.

He said he was surprised that McCain didn't even look over at Obama and smile at him during the debate.

So, I asked him if he thought that was because McCain had a little racism in him.
He said, "that could be, but it made McCain look old and grumpy to me."

Wow!
Like I said, they wanted Romney here for their nominee, they don't like McCain.

It's going to be interesting to see if the 39 point lead that Johnny Mac had here at the beginning of the month holds up to the next poll taken here by Rasmussen.

I don't think Palin's interview will help her here, if anything, it will cause their numbers to go lower because I think she will stumble badly during her debate.

We've got to cut these numbers down here in Idaho.
I wish we could get about a million dollars to help us here, but I understand the electoral college numbers that are at stake would never justify it.

The Republican candidate running for the empty Senate seat of Larry Craig was caught sending out mailers using a "Right to Life" group's letterhead, envelopes, complete with their P.O. Box. That particular group has a lower mailing rate to pay for the mailings than a political P.O. box, so we've asked the FEC to look into the illegality of the situation. But the FEC under Bush is ineffective, so I doubt anything will come of it.

However, it does boost LaRocco's(D) chances a little bit more to get into the Senate.
The voters here have more of a "throw all of the bums out" attitude now, and I think they will toss Risch(R) as a carbon copy of what Larry Craig stood for.

[barbtries]

31. now that's what i'm talking about

we might get enough votes to defeat the republicans' plans to steal this election.

[OakCliffDem]

35. Was there ever any doubt who would win? n/t

[senseandsensibility]

36. Very cool

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[LaStrega]

37. I haven't seen a poll that showed Obama % lower than McSame. k&r n/t

[Pryderi]

39. Need Opinion of McCain ScreenShot

[The Wizard]

42. While Barack Obama

and the Democrats offer a way out of the hole George Bush and the Republicans have dug for us, John McCane and Bush's republican enablers offer more shovels.
Rule number one; When in a hole, stop digging.

[kmdemqueen]

43. that is a big lead

[Willo]

44. Obama has cut into McCain's core arguments:

1) That Obama doesn't know foreign policy

2) That he is an empty suite and only draws large crowds because he gives good speeches.

That's all Obama needed to accomplish in the first debate and he did great.

:toast:

[minnesota_liberal]

45. Good numbers, however...

1) It's only one poll;
2) Polls can be flawed;
3) Polls don't vote

That said, these results are still encouraging.

[stillcool]

46. thank you so much..

I had no idea.

[minnesota_liberal]

54. Just call me Mr. Obvious

[Phred42]

47. It's not going to matter this time

2006 was a Fluke. Rove miscalculated. They have been working since to correct their mistakes


We really need to be preparing (mentally and otherwise) for this - See this post for clarification:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4105753&mesg_id=4105753

[Honeycombe8]

48. YIPPEEEE!!!!! This is truly a great weekend! nt

[Curtland1015]

51. Word. Good news.

[happygoluckytoyou]

53. yeah...but he is black...and she has tits....