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Re: Read em and Weep after tonights debate
What a shocker - conservative pundits give McCain the win in the debate! Too bad nobody else agrees with them. Read 'em and weep, indeed:
Snap Polls Give Overwhelming Win to Obama
By Eric Kleefeld - October 15, 2008, 11:06PM
The first snap polls on the debate are out, and they're giving a resounding win to Barack Obama.
In the CBS poll of undecided debate-watchers, 53% say Obama won, only 22% say McCain won, and 24% say it was a tie.
The CNN poll was just read on the air, surveying all debate-watchers in general. It shows 58% saying Obama won, to 31% saying McCain won. Barack Obama's personal ratings are 66% favorable to 33% unfavorable, way ahead of McCain's score of 49%-49%.
Late Update: Some more numbers from the CNN poll were just read on TV. Obama was seen as stating his ideas more clearly by 66%-25%, was seen as the stronger leader by 56%-39%, and was more likable by 70%-22%. McCain did win in one category: He's the candidate who launched more attacks on his opponent, by a whopping 80%-7%.
Late Late Update: Independents, who made up 30% of CNN's sample, gave it to Obama 57%-31%, essentially the same as the overall margin for Obama.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/snap_polls_give_overw...
Say goodnight, Johnny.