The first Presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama was on Friday, and seemed to pass without much attention thanks to all of the bailout talk.

Who won?  As usual, people generally think that their candidate won.  You could put the Cookie Monster up in one of these debates and Sesame Street fans would think he won because of his constant reference to, and insistence upon spelling, cookies.  I’m including a poll with the Message Board posting of this blog post.

It’s clear neither McCain or Obama had a blowout.  Obama did have a gaffe, though. When McCain talked about a bracelet he wore to remind him of a fallen U.S. soldier, Obama said something like “I have one, too,” (Obama, you smug piece of bleep) and had to look down at it before saying the name of the soldier on his.