Live Blog: Mitt Romney's Convention Moment

It's the main event at the Republican National Convention ! Mitt Romney will formally accept the GOP nomination in nationally televised remarks from Tampa on Thursday night.

The speech caps a a week-long effort to re-introduce the former Massachusetts governor to the American people and make the Republican case to Americans ahead of the November election.

Romney's address comes after a primetime introduction by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , viewed by many in the party as the future of the GOP with his Hispanic heritage and his ties to the Tea Party. There will also be a "TBA" mystery speaker. Clint Eastwood? Nancy Reagan? Buzz has built all week.

Watch live as ABC News and Yahoo! News offer live stream from 7 p.m. ET until 11 p.m. ET.

Catch Up - Read about Monday ( convention delayed by Isaac), Tuesday ( with Ann Romney and Chris Christie) and Wednesday ( with Paul Ryan and Condoleezza Rice).

Vote: Who is GOP's Mystery Speaker - 12:16 p.m. ET -

There's a Mystery Speaker on the GOP Convention's Thursday Lineup. Whom Among This List of Possibilities Would You Pick? Public Opinion Poll Results

"Because if it was a mystery speaker, it wouldn't be a mystery anymore." - 12:08 p.m. ET - Romney adviser explaining why campaign won't talk about the mystery speaker. Read the full story from Chris Good.

Rubio is Part Attack Dog, Part Uniter - 11:18 p.m. ET - ABC's Arlette Saenz has this profile of Marco Rubio, who will introduce Romney at the convention:

Rubio, 41, is part of the new wave of young, diverse Republicans who are on display at this year's convention. The Florida junior senator, who is considered one of the GOP's most electrifying speakers, is expected to add to the chorus of testimony touting Romney's personal and leadership qualities as the GOP works to woo undecided voters, including women and Latinos.

Rubio, whose family immigrated to the United States from Cuba in the 1950s, experienced a meteoric rise within the GOP ranks during the swell of the Tea Party movement in 2010, when he was elected to the U.S. Senate, a seat he's held for less than two years. Many believe Rubio's calls for rising above petty politics, and his growing popularity among the GOP faithful, coupled with his youth and Latin roots signal a potential presidential bid of his own down the line.

Rubio is part attack dog, part party uniter, all while touting his Cuban descent and family's story of achieving the American dream. Romney has even taken to incorporating Rubio's American dream narrative into his stump speeches.

Here's his conversation with George Stephanopoulos from Wednesday morning:

Fact Check: Paul Ryan Misleads on Stimulus, Medicare, GM Plant - 10:02 a.m. ET - The AP has a thoroughly researched look at several claims from Paul Ryan's convention speech that didn't tell the whole story. They looked at Ryan's claims about the economic stimulus as an example of political patronage, his dissection of Medicare, and his mention of a GM plant that closed in his hometown.

GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts during the Republican convention when he attacked President Barack Obama's policies on Medicare, the economic stimulus and the budget deficit. His running mate, Mitt Romney, was expected to speak later Thursday in the convention's culmination.

AP's first example:

RYAN: "And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly. ? So they just took it all away from Medicare. Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama."

THE FACTS: Ryan's claim ignores the fact that Ryan himself incorporated the same cuts into budgets he steered through the House in the past two years as chairman of its Budget Committee, using the money for deficit reduction. And the cuts do not affect Medicare recipients directly, but rather reduce payments to hospitals, health insurance plans and other service providers.

In addition, Ryan's own plan to remake Medicare would squeeze the program's spending even more than the changes Obama made, shifting future retirees into a system in which they would get a fixed payment to shop for coverage among private insurance plans. Critics charge that would expose the elderly to more out-of-pocket costs.

Read the full fact check here .

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Jeb Explains How Republicans Are Being 'Stupid' - 8:00 a.m. ET - Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and brother and son to former presidents talked this morning to George Stephanopoulos on GMA.

Bush, who will speak at the convention tonight, argued that Paul Ryan was right to so prominently feature his plan to alter Medicare for future generations. But he defended his recent comment that Republicans are being "stupid" on issues like immigration, where they are focused so entirely on border protection instead of economic growth. Take a look:

Wednesday Rewind: Ryan and Condi - 7:55 a.m. ET - Here's a re-cap of Paul Ryan's conservative manifesto and Condoleeza Rice's plea for education reform from Wednesday night:

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