Undecided Voter - Many Watch Debate; Some Are Pleased - The Associated Press - Few Are Moved

By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, AP National Writer

Like numerous other Americans, David Becker knew extended before Wednesday night's debate with whom he'd always be promoting in the presidential election. And, just like a lot of some other Americans, your dog tuned in anyway.

He seemed to be expecting his guy Republican Mitt Romney would likely step the idea in place a notch, "get available as well as consider command, place additional for the table, say to us just what exactly you'll do."

"A person similar to Romney should excite me," mentioned Becker, 30, a Republican exactly who deals with real estate assets inside Fairfield, some sort of charming shoreline town on Connecticut's affluent "gold coast." ''But she has not really performed that."

That ended up being just before the particular 90-minute head-to-head matchup among Romney as well as President Barack Obama within Denver, their first of several debates previous to Election Day.

After it ended: "I consider he experienced Obama with your run. I has been proud to check out your pet finally consider that equipment off."

And then it took the particular night in the Great Debate from a state previously extra polarized and also a good selection year where the majority of Americans, the particular pollsters tell us, previously made the decision to who to help choose.

Across the actual terrain from a great artwork art gallery in North Carolina to college campuses inside California and also Iowa, a retirement area throughout Florida and Becker's dwelling across the Long Island Sound debate-watch gatherings were filled up with partisans whose brains had been essentially made up ahead of the candidates approved their mouths. The question itself failed to change their particular votes.

But this transaction did assist to boost their decisions. And probably a lot more notably with regard to Romney, who's lagged within nation's polls, your nighttime delivered about it a sense regarding reduction and enjoyment regarding Republicans exactly who were uneasy their particular nominee might not exactly have what must be done to be able to conquer Obama.

"Romney far succeeded my expectations," stated Republican Art Rotelli, that joined a merged number of Democrats, Republicans and even one undecided voter with Becker's residence for you to watch your debate. Before points got started, Rotelli had quite a few challenging words regarding guidance to get his candidate: "He needs to supply an obvious contrast, on health care, to the economy. "He needs to stop approaching down while too careful."

Afterward, that 35-year-old marketing and advertising product artist had been dreaming associated with a good Election Day victory.

"Tonight is usually a game, it truly is not the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is definitely within November. . I'd say Romney acquired your quite sturdy guide in such a game."

Even some Romney competitors begrudgingly gave that debate "win" into the Republican.

"I'm a Democrat, although Romney appeared to be on criticism tonight. Romney was aggressive, he attacked. . I idea he managed remarkably good for dinner unfortunately," said Karl Amelchenko, 36, your attorney at law from Raleigh, N.C., exactly who viewed that discussion on the city's Contemporary Art Museum, together with a single half on the concrete floor level covered within crimson carpet, this other throughout blue.

Still, Amelchenko said, nothing at all he / she observed and also noticed will switch his vote to get Obama. "No," he said. "I mean, my thought process was constructed long before."