When President Barack Obama faces off against Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Denver on Oct. 3 for the first of three Presidential debates, Romney starts a new chapter where he must win two key debates. He must win the debates at hand and a debate seemingly raging within himself that’s picked up by voters.

Both candidates have been preparing big-time for the debates, with many analysts saying Romney has prepared more extensively than any Presidential candidate in American history. He’ll face Obama, who must try not to lose ground and play defense. Obama must look Presidential, answer and nail Romney on specifics, and not provide the GOP with a factual error or gaffe in a campaign that seems more about gaffes and media joy in covering them than serious substantive policy issues.