As the US election race enters its final lap with President Barack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney almost tied in latest opinion polls, the two are pinning on the second presidential debate to gain a decisive edge.

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After an uncharacteristically 'bad night' saw him squander his lead over his Republican rival in their last face off, Obama is prepared to put a more aggressive fight this time to to regain his lost ground. "It is going great!" Obama said in Williamsburg, Virginia where he landed on Saturday for his three-day debate preparations.

The next verbal dual between the incumbent and his challenger will be fought tomorrow in New York, with just three weeks to go for the polls. A normally eloquent Obama had a lacklustre outing against Romney during the first debate on October 3, following which the Republican eroded much of his national lead in all the latest opinion polls.

In an interview later, Obama termed the debate as a 'bad night' as his aides said he would be more aggressive this time. "I think he's going to be aggressive in making the case for his view of where we should go as a country," David Axelrod, the Obama Campaign Senior Strategist, told Fox News in an interview.

In the upcoming debate, Obama would be very forward looking, said Robert Gibbs, a senior adviser to the Obama Campaign. "I think the president will be very forward-looking, will be very conscious of making sure people understand the choice in this election," he told the CNN.