Obama team promises more energy

Published on 15/10/2012 00:00

Campaign advisers to president Barack Obama have promised he will be more aggressive and energetic tomorrow in his second debate against Mitt Romney after a passive, heavily criticised performance in their first showdown.

Since that first debate in Denver on 3 October, polls indicate Mr Romney has erased Mr Obama’s lead heading into the November election. They debate again on Tuesday at Hofstra University, New York. The third and final presidential debate will take place on 22 October in Florida.

“Obviously, the president was disappointed in his own performance. He didn’t meet his expectations,” Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs told the CNN’s “State of the Union,” yesterday, referring to the first debate.

“He knew when he walked off that stage and he also knew as he’s watched the tape of that debate that he’s got to be more energetic. I think you’ll see somebody who’s very passionate about the choice that our country faces.”