All ready in Tampa to proclaim Romney

The Republican Convention will officially confirm the formula that Barack Obama will face in November's elections.Isaac storm altered the agenda of the meeting

Tuesday was supposed to start with drums and cymbals, the first of four days of activities of this classic show of American party politics, but lto the imminent arrival of the fearsome Isaac reduced the opening to a brief symbolic ceremony.

With the absence of large number of participants due to the storm, the Chairman of the Committee National Republican Reince Preibus opened the one-minute ceremony and then adjourned the session until Tuesday.

Preibus triggered two clocks designed to highlight "the fiscal recklessness" of the Obama administration. One showed the figure of the United States national debt $ 15.9 billion and the other relaunched the clock from scratch to show the amount of debt that accumulates during the four days of the Convention.

"The first watch will make understanding the real problem magnitude, while this second clock will try to convince the nation how much spent our Government in the period of only four days," Preibus said in a statement.

According to the original script, after this Act would begin a succession of speeches of stellar figures of the party, but these were rescheduled because of the climatic excesses.

The Republican party officials were in charge of detailed agendas for nights today and Wednesday during the Convention that it will culminate Thursday with the Romney acceptance speech, after a presentation by the Spanish star of the party Marco Rubio, Florida's Cuban-born Senator.

Ann Romney, wife of the candidate, you will be responsible for the first major speech at the Forum of militants in the Tampa Bay Times Forum, during which will highlight the qualities of the former Governor of Massachusetts millionaire, who promises on track to the United States on the path of economic recovery.

The mormon Romney need an impulsor media with this Convention overshadowed by Isaac, after overcome several controversial in recent weeks after the appointment of his favorite running mate Paul Ryan, of the ultra movement, which did not raise many points in the polls.

Then, he was in trouble in the media after the incendiary comments of Todd Akin, a Republican congressman who is a candidate for the Senate in Missouri, who suggested that a "real rape" rarely ends in pregnancy.

And now some Republican Governors of the American Southeast supporters it and proponents of the ultraconservative Tea Party positions such as Bob Jindal of Louisiana and Rick Scott of Florida, cancelled his participation in the Convention after decreeing a State of emergency in their States by Isaac.

Obama remains the favourite

Little more than two months for the November 6 election, polls are still giving a slight advantage to President Barack Obama, who will be confirmed at the same time as the candidate of the Democrats during the Convention, which will take place in Charlotte (North Carolina) next week.

Despite the short difference, the task of conviction Romney ahead does not advertise easy. The majority of Americans believe that Obama will finally achieve reelection in November, according to a survey from Gallup released this Tuesday.

58% Of the respondents were confident that victory will be for the current American President, compared to 36% who believe Romney pluck you the White House.

The New York Post newspaper revealed that the popular Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, declined the offer to be the Vice President of Romney, because he doubted the chances of success of the party in these elections with the popularity that still keeps Obama.