2012: Path to the Presidency (175 images)

Republican Party Presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks at the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa on August 30, 2012. UPI/Mike Theiler

Balloons rain down on the Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney and wife Ann and Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan and wife Janna at the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa on August 30, 2012. UPI/Gary C. Caskey

Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney shakes hands with his runniing mate Paul Ryan in front of their delegates after receiving the Republican Party's Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominations at the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa on August 30, 2012. UPI/Gary C. Caskey

Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan (L) and his wife Janna Ryan catch balloons at the end of Mitt Romney's nomination speech on the last night of the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa on August 20, 2012. UPI/Matthew Healey