Debate preparations going great says Obama

US President Barack Obama has said that his preparations for Tuesday's presidential debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney is "going great", as his aides hoped that he would be more aggressive this time.

"It is going great!" Obama said in Williamsburg, Virginia where he landed on Saturday for his three-day debate preparations. The second of the three presidential debates is scheduled for Tuesday in New York.

Obama had a lackluster performance against Romney during the first debate early this month, following which his Republican challenger has eroded all his national lead and is now slightly ahead of him in all the latest nation polls.

In an interview later, Obama termed the debate as a bad night.

As he was busy preparing for his debate, Obama's key advisors said that he would appear to be more aggressive this time in New York.

"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 the 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 said.

"I think you'll see somebody who is very passionate about the choice that our country faces, and putting that choice in front of voters. Are we going to build this economy from the middle out? Are we going to give people opportunity and make the needed investments to give them that opportunity, or are we going to do this from the top down, the perspective that the Romney campaign brings?" Gibbs said.

The Romney Campaign sought back by asserting the Republican candidate was ready to meet any challenge.

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