DENVER--The Republican National Committee--seeking Thursday to leverage Mitt Romney's strong debate performance--released a video titled "Smirk"--featuring close-ups of President Barack Obama's facial expressions during one portion of the debate.

From the RNC: "We're out with a new video "Smirk" highlighting the president's debate performance where he was visibly uncomfortable as he struggled to give Americans answers on how he'll turn our country around with another four years. As Morning Joe said this morning - it appeared as if Obama thought debating was beneath him.