Obama and Romney clashed
on the debate floor over energy policy
US President Barack Obama has hit out at
Republican Mitt Romney during a feisty 90-minute encounter in the second
of three pre-election debates.
Mr Obama - widely perceived to have lost their first
encounter - came out swinging in New York on the economy, tax and
foreign policy.But the former Massachusetts governor accused Mr Obama of broken promises and a record of failure.
The pair meet for a final pre-election debate in Florida on 22 October.
As he battles for a second term, the Democratic president has been trying to hold on to dwindling leads in the nine key swing states that are expected to decide the election on 6 November.
In the town hall-style forum at Hofstra University on Long Island, both men freely roamed the stage, circling, interrupting and at times heckling one another as they took questions from an audience of 80 undecided voters.
The moderator, CNN's Candy Crowley, often had to intervene to keep order between the rivals as each fought to make his point.
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