ROGER SIMON: Fear and Shame on the Campaign Trail #6 – Who’ll Stop the Rain? “At some angles from the convention perimeter, Tampa resembles a military encampment. . . . This intense security was not instituted by the RNC or by the Romney campaign, but by the federal government that has declared Tampa a national security area. In other words, Obama’s people are in charge of the stringent security here. They instigated it. What do they fear?”