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Poll: Debate watchers say Obama wins

 
Obama won the evening, according to a CNN poll. HEMPSTEAD, New York (CNN) – A majority of debate watchers think Sen. Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted right afterward. Fifty-eight percent of debate watchers questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll said Democratic candidate Obama did the [...] (link)

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