October 04, 2012 09:25 PM UTC

Obama Shakes Off Debate Struggles At Sloan's Lake

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• by: Colorado Pols

FOX 31’s Eli Stokols:

President Barack Obama hit all the right notes during a campaign rally Thursday morning, offering a sharpened message and a rebuttal to Mitt Romney that he couldn’t seem to find Wednesday night during his lackluster debate performance…

Describing his debate opponent as a “very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney”, Obama, himself a far more spirited fellow than he was Wednesday night, tried to characterize Romney’s debate performance as at odds with many of his previously stated positions on tax cuts, education and outsourcing.

“It couldn’t have been the real Mitt Romney, because the real Mitt Romney has been running around the country all year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthy, but the fellow on stage last night did not know anything about that,” Obama said. “The real Mitt Romney said we do not need any more teachers in the classroom, but the fellow on stage said he loves teachers, can’t get enough of them.”

Today’s President Barack Obama hammered back at the points left unresponded to in yesterday’s debate, powerfully calling out Mitt Romney’s 47% remarks, laying out the merits of his agenda, and challenging much of what Romney both asserted about his own plans and charged against Obama. It’s clear that Obama greatly prefers a crowd who can cheer back.

Thanks to Politico for quickly uploading video of today’s speech in its entirety (above).