Winner? Obama walked off the debate stage last week believing he had beaten Republican challenger Mitt Romney

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When President Barack Obama stepped off the  stage in Denver last week the 60 million Americans watching the debate against  Mitt Romney already knew it had been a disaster for him.

But what nobody knew, until now, was that  Obama believed he had actually won.

In an extraordinary insight into the events  leading up to the 90 minute showdown which changed the face of the election, a  Democrat close to the Obama campaign today reveals that the President  also did not take his debate  preparation seriously, ignored the advice of senior aides and ignored one-liners  that had been prepared to wound Romney.

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