Polls
show
him
slightly
behind
President
Barack
Obama
although
within
margins
of
error.
The
Republican
Party
will
nominate
Romney
as
its
candidate
at
a
national
convention
that
starts
27
August.
If
elected,
he
would
take
office
20
January.
“He
will
allow
the
wind
credit
to
expire,
end
the
stimulus
boondoggles,
and
create
a
level
playing
field
on
which
all
sources
of
energy
can
compete
on
their
merits,”
Shawn
McCoy,
a
spokesman
for
Romney’s
Iowa
campaign,
tells
the
Des
Moines
Register
newspaper.
“Wind
energy
will
thrive
wherever
it
is
economically
competitive,
and
wherever
private…
