The sitting President and Democratic Barack Obama nominee goes toe to toe with the Republican nominee Mitt Romney for the Whitehouse. The campaign was extremely personal and allegations of dirty tricks were made against both sides and the two men went head to head in a series of bruising tv debates that saw the pretender to the throne intially come out on top. But it was the Democrats who again eventuall won the day as the Republicans were left to lick their wounds and face claims that they are now a spent force with an aging and largely white support core.