Obama-Romney face off over US economy
Washington: US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Thursday exchanged sharp barbs over major domestic policies ranging from economy, taxation, jobs and healthcare to education during the first of the three high-stake presidential debates.
Aiming to lead the country for next four years, incumbent Obama and his rival Romney during the debate held in Denver presented before their countrymen their vision of America and how they intend to govern for the next four years.
A CNN/ORC poll released just after the 90-minute presidential debate moderated by Jim Lehrer of the PBS news showed that 65-year-old Romney was way ahead of 51-year-old Obama in impressing the voters.
Romney was voted by 67 percent of the registered voters, while Obama was supported by just 25 percent. The results gave a big boost to the Romney campaign given that all the national polls show that it is a tight race between the two.
The debates, a regular feature of American presidential campaigns since 1960, allow a chance to measure up the leaders who would be president as they stand side-by-side.
"I'm concerned about America. I'm concerned about the direction America has been taking over the last four years. I know this is bigger than election about the two of us as individuals. It's bigger than our respective parties. It's an election about the course of America - what kind of America do you want to have for yourself and for your children," Romney said.
Noting that he and Obama present two very different paths for the US, the Republican nominee said they lead in very different directions. "It is not just looking to our words that you have to take in evidence of where they go; you can look at the record," he said.
Aiming to lead the country for next four years, incumbent Obama and his rival Romney during the debate held in Denver presented before their countrymen their vision of America and how they intend to govern for the next four years.
A CNN/ORC poll released just after the 90-minute presidential debate moderated by Jim Lehrer of the PBS news showed that 65-year-old Romney was way ahead of 51-year-old Obama in impressing the voters.
Romney was voted by 67 percent of the registered voters, while Obama was supported by just 25 percent. The results gave a big boost to the Romney campaign given that all the national polls show that it is a tight race between the two.
The debates, a regular feature of American presidential campaigns since 1960, allow a chance to measure up the leaders who would be president as they stand side-by-side.
"I'm concerned about America. I'm concerned about the direction America has been taking over the last four years. I know this is bigger than election about the two of us as individuals. It's bigger than our respective parties. It's an election about the course of America - what kind of America do you want to have for yourself and for your children," Romney said.
Noting that he and Obama present two very different paths for the US, the Republican nominee said they lead in very different directions. "It is not just looking to our words that you have to take in evidence of where they go; you can look at the record," he said.
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