Stage crew members hang the background logo for the presidential debate Friday night inside the Ford Center in Oxford, Miss., between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952.
Scoring the first presidential debate
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Midmorning analyzes the first presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. Who performed better in the matchup, which was held Friday night at the University of Mississippi?
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Karlyn Kohrs Campbell: is professor of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota.
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William Doyle: author of "Inside the Oval Office: the White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton."
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