RNC 2012: 'America's living room'

Mitt Romney accepts the Republican presidential nomination this week on a multimillion-dollar stage tricked out with a mix of newfangled technology and old-fashioned set design meant to resemble the Romney campaign’s vision of having a conversation in “America’s living room.” In an exclusive first look behind the scenes of the Tampa Bay Times Forum, POLITICO walked through the vast control room backstage, which will act as the nerve center for a global TV and Internet audience where programmers will manipulate the images that will fill the 13 LED screens looming over the convention floor.