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Romney promises a jobs revival

Obama excitement has fizzled, he says

By JEFF ZELENY THE NEW YORK TIMES

Posted: August 31, 2012 at 6:12 a.m.

Credit: AP
Mitt Romney celebrates after his acceptance speech Thursday night with his family and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan.

Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday by making a direct appeal to Americans who were captivated by President Barack Obama’s hopeful promises of change, pledging that he could deliver what the president did not and move the country from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

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