HEMPSTEAD, New York, United States - Barack Obama and Mitt Romney stood toe-to-toe and harangued one another for telling untruths Tuesday, October 16 (Wednesday, October 17 in Manila), as naked dislike flared between the two rivals in a fiery presidential debate.

A pumped-up Obama bounced off the ropes after a dismal showing in the rivals' first clash two weeks ago, showing more passion and energy in the first few exchanges than in the whole sleepy 90 minutes of their debut clash.

Here is the town hall debate as it happened, via the full video recap courtesy of the New York Times, and the live blog, courtesy of Boston.com and The Boston Globe.

You may access the live blog in the old format below.

- Rappler.com / With Agence France-Presse