Romney’s Republicans Stress Competence Not Clarity on Choices

Republicans used their national convention to promise a return to prosperity, asking Americans to trust that decisive leadership and a small-government vision would reverse a national decline.

Speakers in Tampa, Florida, including presidential nominee Mitt Romney, blamed an underperforming economy on an underachieving president. While several, including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, referred to the “hard choices” and pain necessary to rein in the federal deficit, they offered few details about the sacrifices required.