Video: 'Election 2012 | RNC Convention Coverage 8/30 | The New York Times' (coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. EDT, Romney speaks at 10:23 p.m. or 3:23:00 into the video)

(Thursday, August 30, 1992, 10:23 p.m. EDT; during the 2012 Republican National Convention) — Former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, 65, accepted the Republican presidential nomination tonight 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.

The speech by Romney, delivered on the closing night of the 2012 Republican National Convention at Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida, signaled an attempt to redefine the race around his business background, which Democrats have spent the summer attacking.

He urged voters not to feel guilty about giving up on Obama, even if they were proud to support him as the nation’s first black president.

“You know there’s something wrong with the kind of job he’s done as president,” Romney said, “when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.”

Video: 'Watch Full Speech from Rep. Paul Ryan at RNC'

Romney was nominated by defeating U.S. House of Representative Ron Paul of Texas by 2061 votes to 190.

Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, 42, was nominated vice president by voice vote. He delivered his acceptance speech at 10:12 p.m. EDT on Aug. 29, 2012.

The Romney-Ryan ticket would oppose the Democratic incumbent ticket of President Barack Obama of Illinois and Vice President Joe Biden of Delawar, nominated at their party’s convention in September 2012, in the 2012 United States presidential election.