After seeing parts of the presidential debates and listening to others opinions, I think that the race for the presidency has become much closer than it was before the debates started, but is still tipping in favor of Obama. In the first debate, Romney undeniably put on a better performance than Obama. Romney was more firm, energetic, and appeared more confident than his opponent even if he was a bit vague on the specifics of his policies at times. This performance quickly advanced his standings against Obama, which made the bid for the presidency much closer than it had been before the debate. However, in the second presidential debate, Obama appeared to put on a better show. He seemed much more prepared to answer the questions presented to him, and answered in a more thorough manner than Romney, who was polite and maintained his poise and confidence from the last debate, but did not specify on how he was going to achieve his goals as president. Romney seemed to spend more time talking about his past successes as a governor than ta1k about how he was going to be doing his job in the future. I think that after the first debate it would have still been Obama leading Romney, but after the second I can definitely say that I think Obama has the lead.