Josh Romney, one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's five sons, said Wednesday he's been traveling the country from Alaska to Florida, campaigning for his dad because he feels his vision for the country sets him apart from the field.

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney captured the Michigan primary the night before, his native state, to breathe new life into his campaign. His son Josh made a stopover at the Pahrump Senior Center packed with retirees having lunch.

"He's got experience in the private sector, he's got experience running the Olympics, experience as a governor, executive experience. So his experience and his vision really make him uniquely qualified to be president of the United States," Romney said.

The quick pitch for his father's platform included having a strong economy by keeping taxes law and spending down, solving the illegal immigration problem and making sure our trade is fair with other countries.

Josh said his father wants a strong military and wants to add 100,000 more troops. Asked if the military is overstretched already, Romney said his father instituted a policy giving free college tuition to veterans in Massachusetts, which increased enrollment in the armed forces by 30 percent.

"He wants to see strong families in this country. That's a strong goal of his, is that people understand the most important work that goes on in this country is the work that goes on in the four walls of the American home," Josh Romney said.

His father only has served as governor a few years, but Josh said that's an advantage.

"He's not a political insider. That was the first political office he held, as governor of Massachusetts. He was governor for four years. He likes to say he wasn't infected by politics, four years wasn't long enough. So really he is an outsider, not a lifelong politician."

Instead, Josh said his father skillfully ran companies like Staples and was involved in Burger King and Firestone Tires for 25 years in the private sector. While managing the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Romney turned a $300 million deficit into a $100 million surplus, he said.

Josh said his father inherited a $3 billion deficit as governor of Massachusetts and turned it around to a $1 billion surplus.

"He was on a path to getting every citizen of Massachusetts private health insurance. So he's been able to do a lot, a lot of experience along the way that qualified him to be president," Josh said.