Tampa (CNN) -- On the night vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan made his debut on the national stage, the GOP turned its attention to America's influence abroad and what the party sees as President Barack Obama's failed economic policies. The roster of speakers at the Republican National Convention boasted two of the party's foreign policy heavy hitters and rhetoric designed to appeal to voters who are still undecided. Here are five things we learned from the convention's second night: 1. Romney's enforcer comes to play On Tuesday, the GOP convention was about love (Ann Romney) and respect (Chris Christie). But to the chagrin of head-scratching Republicans eager to take the fight to President Barack Obama, there wasn't much talk in the Tampa Bay Times Forum about the current administration in Washington.McCain and Rice took to stage to underscore GOP foreign policyMike Huckabee, who once questioned Romney's Mormon faith, sang his praisesCondoleezza Rice's speech won raves both in the forum and on Twitter
Rice and _'s remarks were a brief side track to a convention overwhelmingly focused on blaming Obama for the weak economy and how Romney plans to fix it. Ryan spoke the word "generation" a number of times in his address, at one point saying "I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the _ that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old, and I know that we are ready." 'Gen Xer' _ takes up GOP torch, makes case to young voters.