The slowing economy makes the convention's opening all the sweeter for hotel owners.

WSJ: With Republican Convention, It's a Green State

Both campaigns launched into the post-convention phase over the weekend by carrying their competing visions over the economy to battleground states and the Sunday news shows.

WSJ: Romney Struggles in Battlegrounds

One interesting thing will be whether the president accepts the agenda of "key issues" laid out at the Democratic convention -- things like Iraq, the military, health care, the economy -- or if he tries to shift the conversation and make other issues such as social security or education more important.

CNN: Kerry comes through in the clutch

On the convention floor Thursday, several other politicians talked up the economy as a key theme for this campaign.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"I spent most of my life outside of politics, dealing with problems in the real economy, " he told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in San Antonio.

CNN: As poll numbers fall, Romney schedules tea party events

His Convention speech had gone into detail about his policy proposals on matters like the economy and health care, which seemed tailored to attract a voter like Snodgrass, but they filled her with suspicion.

NEWYORKER: The Hardest Vote

Ever since, Adelson has been crowing about how he will reinvent not just the seedy local casino business but the entire economy of Macau with a 1, 500-suite hotel, casino and convention complex.

FORBES: Calculated risk

The convention also approved its party platform - a policy agenda that calls for tax cuts to revive the economy, repealing and replacing a healthcare law passed by Mr Obama, and an end to abortion.

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