When Romney named Ryan as his VP I was struck by the fact that even though Romney has been running for president forever, in all that time, he hadn't picked a VP and made a last minute selection based on his reading of the "tea leaves" at that moment in time.
Now the convention is upon us, and again, despite having decades to prepare, Romney's themes have been pulled together haphazardly at the very last moment. We've got the "We Built That" theme based on an deliberately incorrect splicing of the presidents speech from last month and the demonstrably false welfare charges. It's not surprising that Romney is peddling lies in Tampa, but didn't he have any lies ready for the convention until last month?