Video: 'C-SPAN: First 2008 Presidential Debate (Full Video)'

(Friday, September 26, 2008, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 2008 campaign) — From the economy to foreign affairs to the way they carried themselves on stage, Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama offered a dramatic contrast to the nation in their first presidential debate tonight, mixing disdain and often caustic remarks as they set out sharply different views of how they would manage the country and confront America’s adversaries abroad.

The two men met at the University of Mississippi in Oxford against the backdrop of the nation’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and intensive negotiations in Congress over a $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street.