Gaffe-prone Mitt Romney defied the odds and wiped the floor with the President in the first TV debate. So was this the night Obama lost the White House?

Daily Mail
"And as Republican campaigners yesterday rubbed their hands with glee, and their Democrat opponents rubbed their eyes in disbelief, early opinion polls suggested voters agree with the verdict of the political professionals. Incredible as it sounds, Mr Romney, a politician dismissed all along as unengaging, gaffe-prone and robotic, wiped the floor with one of the greatest orators of his generation. And in a one-on-one debate of all things."