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| Barack Obama plays catch-up |
| Barack Obama plays catch-up after lethargic debate
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-October-2012
5:55:41 AM |
| President Barack Obama on Thursday landed the verbal blows he missed the previous night in his debate with Mitt Romney, clawing at his Republican foe to stop him gaining a boost in the polls.
President Obama went on the attack at big rallies in Colorado and Wisconsin and was energetic, combative and concise, the opposite of the tired and long-winded candidate who was decisively beaten by Mr Romney on Wednesday night.
The president beseeched voters not to be duped by the suave debater seen by 67 million television viewers, but to focus on the "real Mitt Romney" who he said promised tax cuts for the rich and cared little for teachers.
"If you want to be president, you owe the American people the truth," a fired-up Obama told supporters anxious not to see him fritter away his opinion poll lead with less than five weeks to go before election day on November 6.
But Obama aides admitted that they needed to take a "hard look" at their strategy before the next debate on October 16, after Romney used the first of a trio of head-to-head clashes to breathe fresh life into a sagging campaign.
Mr Romney celebrated his debate coup with a surprise visit to a conservative conference in the Colorado city of Denver, and warned President Obama's economic policies would take America down a slippery slope to the fate of debt-laden Europe.
"I saw the president's vision as trickle-down government, and I don't think that's what America believes in," Mr Romney said. "I see instead a prosperity that comes through freedom."
Mr Romney continued his victory lap in the vital swing state of Virginia, with his vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan in tow.
The Republican ticket later gained the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, the biggest gun rights lobby in the United States, which has on several occasions clashed with President Obama.
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