[[VOICE OVER] [[LOCATION: TAMPA, FLORIDA]]IT'S THE CROWNING GLORY FOR A CANDIDATE WHO SLOGGED THROUGH MONTHS OF TOUGH REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS…[[NATS-THANK YOU]]MITT ROMNEY FORMALLY ACCEPTED HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE..THE FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR USED HIS SPEECH TO APPEAL TO FEELINGS OF ANXIETY IN AMERICA…[[SOT]][[SUPER: MITT ROMNEY/R-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE] "Hope and change had a powerful appeal. But tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?"[VOICE OVER] HE STRESSED THE MOOD ABOUT THE ECONOMY… STUBBORNLY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND FEARS ABOUT THE NATION'S FUTURE PLACE IN THE WORLD-"You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had, was the day you voted for him."[[VOICE OVER] IN BECOMING HIS PARTY'S PICK FOR PRESIDENT…HE SUCCEEDED WHERE HIS OWN FATHER FAILED A GENERATION AGO…THE FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR NOW FACES A TWO-MONTH SPRINT TO AN ELECTION DAY MATCH-UP WITH PRESIDENT [[SOT]]"I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon."BUT ROMNEY ALSO SOUGHT TO CAST HIS PERSONAL STORY…DISCUSSING HIS MORMON FAITH AND WHAT HIS FAMILY MEANS TO HIM-"My mom and dad were true partners, a life lesson that shaped me by everyday example. When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, "Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?"INVOKING HIS MOTHER'S OWN POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS… THE REPUBLICAN IS NOW TRYING TO BROADEN HIS APPEAL WITH WOMEN. HE'S ALSO REACHING OUT TO MIDDLE OF THE ROAD VOTERS…"If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it. And with your help we will deliver it. Let us begin that future together tonight."[STAND UP CLOSE][[SUPER: JOHN MONE /ASSOCIATED PRESS]]NEXT WEEK ALL EYES FALL ON THE DEMOCRATS…BUT IN THE MEANTIMEROMNEY HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS WEEKEND IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES…...MAKING STOPS FLORIDA, OHIO, VIRGINIA JOHN MONE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA FLORIDA. (****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: JOHN MONE-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: JOHN MONE ---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP, POOL-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ROD JUSSIM----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: NONE----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): NONE--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: a0417BC-US-CVN--Romney, 14th Ld-Writethru,1039