Obama seeks to change campaign mood after poor debate reviews

US President Barack Obama woke up to stinking reviews of his debate performance Thursday, then set out to stamp on Republican Mitt Romney’s sudden momentum 33 days before the election.

Obama turned in a lethargic and sometimes irritable performance in Denver on Wednesday night, allowing a pumped-up Romney an opening in a White House race that had been trending away from the Republican after weeks of gaffes.

The president’s aides went on the attack early Thursday to try and turn the narrative around, insisting that Romney’s showing was littered with inconsistencies and untruths — albeit ones left unchallenged by Obama.

“Governor Romney came to give a performance and he gave a good performance and we credit him for that,” senior Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod told reporters on a conference call.

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