ST. PAUL -- Former Gov. Mitt Romney wrote his primetime speech from beginning to end and the Republican National Committee did not change much in the vetting process, according to Romney's staff.

Eric Fehrnstrom, a spokesman for Romney, told PolitickerMA.com that Romney drafted the entire speech himself. The speech was submitted to the RNC for review, Fehrnstrom said, but they did not make any "substantive changes."

Romney (Belmont), along with other former GOP presidential contenders Rudy Giuliani (N.Y.) and Mike Huckabee (Ark.), spoke Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. In his speech, Romney blasted "liberal Washington" and said the country should return to the conservative values implemented by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. 

The RNC asked Romney to focus on reform, Fehrnstrom said, "So Gov. Romney made the case that to bring real change to Washington we need conservative reformers like John McCain and Sarah Palin, and not liberals like Barack Obama.