The articles I read are "Analysis: A few jabs, but no knockout in first debate" from CNN.com, and "Presidential debate too close to call" from theage.com.

Both articles believes that the first presidential debate was a tie and the three remaining debates will be very important. McCain was the favorite to win the debate because he knew more about foreign policies and national security. However, viewers saw that Obama did not fold to McCain during this part of the debate. Then Obama was more confident when they discussed the economy. McCain stated that he has more experience concerning situation like Iraq. After the debate, many polls were taken to see who America believe won the debate. CNN reported that 51% of the viewers thought Obama won, and 38% of the viewers thought McCain won. However, more democrats watched the debate, so they conclude that the debate was a tie. Another poll showed that 46% of men thought McCain won and 43% thought Obama won. 59% of women thought Obama won and 31% thought McCain won. McCain claims Obama is too inexperienced and Obama claims McCain is just like Bush. Though it was intense, this was a civil debate.

In my opinion, I think Obama won this first debate. McCain did not say anything unexpected. He was expected to win the debate about foreign policies and national security. Obama, however, was really educated when they talked about foreign policies. No one thought Obama could stand a chance in that topic, but he did. The articles says that Obama seemed to be more confident throughout the debate. Republicans are saying that McCain was tired from traveling to DC, but that is no excuse since a president will have to travel a lot. To sum that up, I think Obama won because he was more confident.

CNN article
theage article