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Obama, speaking to a sprawling rally at sunset on the Ohio State campus Tuesday, made it clear that he understands the stakes. He urged everyone who had not registered to vote to do so on his campaign Web site by Tuesday’s 9 p.m. deadline. “I know it’s easy to procrastinate in college,” he said. But now, he added, “no explanations, no excuses.?.?.?.Everything we fought for in 2008 is on the line in 2012.’’ The battle has taken on new urgency after Romney’s widely praised performance in the first presidential debate last week — combined with Obama’s lackluster showing — eroded Obama’s lead here and in some national polls. 组员： 唐小婷 卢玉君 周琳 罗莉 * 民主党总统候选人 共和党总统候选人 当地时间10月3日晚9时(北京时间4日早9时)，美国2012总统大选首场辩论在科罗拉多州的丹佛大学举行。民主党候选人、现任总统奥巴马和共和党总统候选人罗姆尼登上辩论台。 CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio— Two presidential campaigns dealing with sudden reversals of fortune descended on this must-have state Tuesday, one hoping to sustain a new momentum, the other hoping to regain its footing. In both rhetoric and demeanor, President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney came to Ohio acutely aware of the altered terrain. Romney, buoyed by new polls that show him pulling ahead of the president, has shed the languid pace that characterized his travels as recently as last weekend. He appears renewed, even ebullient, and so do his crowds. About 500 people endured a driving rainstorm and a muddy field to see him Monday evening in Newport News, Va., and an estimated 12,000 packed a parking lot here for a Romney rally Tuesday night. One survey released Monday by the Pew Research Center showed Romney ahead by four percentage points among likely voters nationwide, a 12-point swing from Pew’s mid-September survey. That was followed Tuesday by Gallup’s first survey of likely voters, which showed Romney leading Obama by 49 to 47 percent, although the president retained an edge among registered voters. But the race comes down to a few crucial battleground states, none more important than Ohio. And Romney has str