Moderator: Welcome to the first of three presidential debates. I'd like to welcome Senator Obama and Mayor Giuliani to the stage. Mayor Giuliani, your one minute opening statement.

Giuliani: Nine-Eleven.

Moderator: . . . You have 58 seconds left.

Giuliani: Terror.

Moderator: Okay. Senator Obama, you have 30 seconds to respond.

Obama: Hope.

Moderator: 29 seconds, Senator.

Obama: Change.


Moderator: Well, I guess that concludes our first presidential debate. Thank you, gentlemen. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, which hasn't actually started yet.