2012: Path to the Presidency (175 images)

Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain makes a gesture before beginning his speech on the day of his birthday on Day Three at the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa on August 29, 2012. UPI/Mark Wallheiser

Republican candidate Mitt Romney kisses his wife Ann after her speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa on August 28, 2012. UPI/Mark Wallheiser

Protesters kiss one another at a rally by the Coalition to March on the RNC at Perry Harvey Park in Tampa, Florida on August 27, 2012. The march is in response to the 2012 Republican National Convention which starts today in Tampa. UPI/Matthew Healey

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivers remarks to supporters during the "Romney Plan for a Stronger Middle Class" bus tour, at El Palacio De Los Jugos, Miami, Florida on August 13, 2012. Romney's bus tour is traveling through four battleground states ( Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, & Ohio), holding fundraisers in advance of the November 4 general election. UPI/Gary I Rothstein