It was a theme consistent throughout the convention.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying:<br/> <br />"The time has come for us to put the disappointments of the last four years behind us."<br/> <br />Accepting his party's presidential nomination, Mitt Romney said he will rebuild the U.S. economy by being a champion for small business.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying:<br/> <br />"And unlike the president, I have a plan to create 12 million new job."<br/> <br />The multimillionaire businessman stressed his success in the private sector.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying:<br/> <br />"That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Some of the companies we helped start are names you know like Staples where the Obama campaign has been shopping."<br/> <br />There was also an appeal to women voters. While Romney and Obama are running neck-and-neck nationally, poll show women much more likely to vote for Obama.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying:<br/> <br />"I chose a woman Lt. Governor, a woman chief of staff, half of my cabinet and senior officials were women, and in business, I mentored and supported great women leaders who went on to run great companies."<br/> <br />He slammed Obama's performance in the White House.<br/> <br />"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."<br/> <br />A Reuters poll on Thursday showed Romney leading Obama by two percentage points.