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Slideshow: The first presidential debate

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Stage crew members prepare for debate
Stage crew members hang the background logo for the presidential debates September 26, 2008 inside the Ford Center in Oxford, Mississippi, two days before the first scheduled presidential debate between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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The nominees after the debate
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, flanked by wife Michelle, shakes hands with Cindy McCain, the wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R), following their first debate on in Oxford, Mississippi.
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
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Stage crew members prepare for debate
Stage crew members hang the background logo for the presidential debates September 26, 2008 inside the Ford Center in Oxford, Mississippi, two days before the first scheduled presidential debate between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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Democrat Barack Obama debating McCain
Democrat Barack Obama (R) makes a point as Republican John McCain (L) listens during their first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images