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I saw large parts of the first Obama-McCain debate. Let me give you the opinion of a foreigner (assuming you're an american reader):

• clearly no obvious winner, perhaps a very little plus on Obama's side that's all ; Obama caught McCain a few times with better arguments, McCain caught Obama a few times with excellent remarks. I even saw McCain destabilizing Obama at least twice.
• McCain's brain is still working very well but he should stop making references to the army all the time
• I heard nothing - just nothing - smart on the financial side
• I found hearing both of them speak of tax cuts in the current context plain hilarious
• I just hated the "I have that bracelet from a soldier..." series
• Obama mentioned Biden once ; McCain did not mention Palin at all
• McCain does not like Montana bears...
• McCain's spending freeze on everything but defense and veterans made me scream
• Obama did not answer clearly enough when McCain said he never had a hearing as the chair of NATO committee for Afghanistan

Globally, it was boring and I don't think it had the potential to change anybody's opinion.