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Premature Ad Declares 'McCain wins debate'



26 September 2008 @ 04:12 pm ET

An ad ran on the Wall Street Journal this morning declared prematurely that Senator John McCain is the winner of tonight's first presidential debate.


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"McCain Wins Debate" ads that appeared on Wall Street Journal on Friday morning ahead of tonight's presidential debate. (WSJ Screenshot)
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"McCain Wins Debate!" declares the ad which features a headshot of a smiling McCain with an American flag background. (View the ad on the left)

Another ad spotted by an astute reader featured a quote from McCain campaign manager Rick Davis declaring: "McCain won the debate-- hands down.

The debate will be held at 9:00 pm EST in Oxford, Miss., the University of Mississippi. The subject of tonight's debate will be foreign policy, but questions about the economy are expected to intervene. The moderator will be Jim Lehrer of PBS.

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