Speech appealed to anxiety over stubbornly high unemployment and fears about America's future place in the world.
"Now is the time to restore the promise of America," Romney said to a nation struggling with 8.3 percent unemployment and the slowest economic recovery in decades.
The nominee must inspire fellow GOPers, many of whom have shown little passion for him.
The law would require voters to present photo IDs to election officials.
Despite shows of unity at the convention, the divisions in the party are deep. These divisions aren't going away anytime soon.
Spokesman says the diplomatic terms offered by the Western world will not remain open "indefinitely."
The VP nominee attacked Obama's policies on Medicare, the economic stimulus and the budget deficit.
Bush says that will be hard for Romney because he's not suddenly going to come across in a "new age kind of way."
Defense and foreign policy were at the core of speeches by Sen. John McCain and Condoleezza Rice.
