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Daily Nation
| 9 months ago
Rating In Summary The Romney campaign has been eager to promote the gregarious, 63-year-old Ann as a conveyer of the family story Ann Romney will press husband Mitt's family values and the couple's personal love story Tuesday in a crucial convention...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 9 months ago
Ron Paul delegates from Nevada revolted Tuesday at the Republican National Convention after GOP leaders changed the rules to stamp out an effort to nominate the Texas congressman from the floor. During a role call of the states to nominate Mitt...
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The Tribune
| 9 months ago
Romney's triumph Tuesday caps a five-year quest for the nomination that's rarely been smooth. Even Tuesday, the former Massachusetts governor, once viewed as a moderate eager to find common ground with Democrats, faced questions from the rank and...
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The Tribune
| 9 months ago
The convention comes complete with visual aids to drive home the Republicans' message about the nation's debt, currently about $15.9 trillion and growing. As delegates count down to nominee Mitt Romney's speech Thursday night, two "debt clocks" ticks...
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The Tribune
| 9 months ago
Romney sweeps to nomination; convention raps Obama Romney sweeps to nomination; convention raps Obama Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night at a storm-delayed national convention, every...
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CNSNews.com
| 9 months ago
In the lead up to Mitt Romney's nomination at the Republican National Convention, GOP runner up Rick Santorum who consistently accused Romney of being insufficiently conservative said Republicans can be proud of their nominee. We can walk out of...
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The Hutchinson News
| 9 months ago
The 2012 presidential election raises two seemingly contradictory questions: First, given a stagnant economy and a sour public mood, why isn't Mitt Romney doing better? A nation that overwhelmingly views itself as traveling on the wrong track should...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 9 months ago
US Republicans finally kicked off their convention in Tampa, Florida, this morning, as Hurricane Isaac bore down on New Orleans and the US Gulf Coast. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and parts of Florida are on alert after Isaac strengthened into a...
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Boston Globe
| 9 months ago
The moment was anticlimactic at a convention that was delayed a day because of weather concerns, but Romney officially became the party's standard-bearer at 5:40 p.m...New Jersey was scheduled to have another signature event later Tuesday, when its...
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Boston Globe
| 9 months ago
Mitt Romney arrived here from Massachusetts on Tuesday and was formally nominated as the Republican Party's presidential nominee, with his party quickly shifting toward reshaping the images that the country has of him even as their efforts competed...
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The New York Times
| 9 months ago
A stream of Republican incumbents and House challengers are to take the stage at the convention, including embattled freshmen eager for a news media boost and promising newcomers hoping for some limelight. But the spotlight will shine on only a few,...
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Star Tribune
| 9 months ago
Mitt Romney may not have set out on the road to the Republican presidential nomination if not for a private meeting between strangers. More than a decade ago, the 54-year-old Olympics CEO was at a crossroads as the closing ceremonies of the 2002...
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NY1
| 9 months ago
Republicans officially gave Mitt Romney the 1,144 votes he needs to be the party's nominee for president Tuesday afternoon. The state roll call was held at the Republican National Convention in Tampa...Paul Ryan also received the votes he needs to be...
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Baltimore Sun
| 9 months ago
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans nine to one the suburban Washington county. She also has a different take on President Barack Obama than many of the delegates here at the Republican National Convention: As an African-American woman, she...
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Voice of America
| 9 months ago
Republicans have gathered in Florida this week for their national nominating convention and many are eager to take on President Barack Obama in the November election. The delegates seem to be upbeat about the chances of former Massachusetts governor...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
FoxNews.com A formidable lineup of high-profile speakers, including Mitt Romney's wife, have the task Tuesday night of defining the newly anointed Republican presidential nominee -- not just as a businessman and former governor, but as a man...
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Taiwan News
| 9 months ago
Republicans bestowed their presidential nomination on Mitt Romney on Tuesday, turning to the former Massachusetts governor and millionaire businessman to drive Barack Obama from the White House and usher in a new era of small-government conservatism.
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Truthdig
| 9 months ago
Aug 28, 2012 Mitt Romney was officially nominated Tuesday as the 2012 Republican choice for president, one day after the roll call vote was originally scheduled to take place. Day One of the Republican National Convention was mostly canceled due to...
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The Salt Lake City Tribune
| 9 months ago
Utah Republicans offered up their 40 votes to nominate Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential nominee on Tuesday, votes that Romney didn't need to lay claim to the title but a gesture the Beehive State delegates were excited to offer. Calling Romney "...
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Associated Press
| 9 months ago
John McCain was the toast of the Republican convention four years ago, the GOP's comeback kid crowned as the party's presidential nominee. He'll attend the 2012 party celebration Wednesday but won't stay for long. "It's not my show," the five-term...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
Republicans jumped on President Obama's policies Tuesday as their convention in Tampa, Fla., began, saying his promise of hope and change never materialized. The Republican National Convention reconvened Tuesday at the Tampa Bay Times Forum after it...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
Mitt Romney Tuesday became the Republican nominee for U.S. president at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, collected 2,061 votes by the time Wyoming announced its delegate vote.
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Star Tribune
| 9 months ago
After a day of hard-fought, back-room negotiations, Minnesota's delegation at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night overwhelmingly cast their votes for libertarian U.S...Of the Minnesota's 40 delegates, 33 voted for Paul, one chose...
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Baltimore Sun
| 9 months ago
Finally opening the festivities after a storm threat delayed the convention by a day, Republicans condemned Obama's economic record and reminded voters of the country's stubbornly high unemployment rate and ballooning budget deficit. Reince Priebus,...
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The Denver Post
| 9 months ago
President Barack Obama landed at the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport shortly after 3:30 p.m., according to news reports, and was enroute to the campus of Colorado State University where he is scheduled to give a speech shortly. Hundreds of...
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NY Daily News
| 9 months ago
Ryan, whose impeccable conservative credentials have made him a rock star to the party's right-wing base, will address the convention Wednesday night, and is expected to receive a raucous reception. And his unwavering conservative stance on social...
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Voice of America
| 9 months ago
Republican Party set aside misgivings about their presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, as the party's nominating convention got under way Tuesday. Hours before Romney was formally nominated in a roll call of delegates from the 50 states, stalwarts of...
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SF Gate
| 9 months ago
Fla. (AP) Part of Maine's delegation walked out of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday in a boycott over a decision to strip away half of Ron Paul 's delegates. Supporters of the Texas congressman, some wearing clothespins on their noses,...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
The 2012 Republican National Convention is this week, and if you can't be in Tampa, Fla., for the festivities, you can follow along by watching on TV, or you can watch via the free live stream we have posted here for your convenience. Share This...
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USA Today
| 9 months ago
Ann Romney is scheduled to speak shortly after 10 p.m., just hours after the Republican convention nominated her husband for the presidency. Mrs. Romney will also talk "from my heart" about her husband and five sons, as well as her battles with...
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New York Observer
| 9 months ago
FL In her speech at the Republican National Convention tonight Ann Romney will try to refute the notion she and her husband enjoy a storybook marriage. I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there...
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North Valley Suburbanite
| 9 months ago
Fla. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night at a storm-delayed national convention scripted to propel him into a close race for the White House in tough economic times. The former Massachusetts governor watched on...
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North Valley Suburbanite
| 9 months ago
When New Jersey's 50 delegates secured Mitt Romney's nomination, the Republican Party defied a tradition that would have let Romney's home state of Massachusetts commit enough votes to seal the nomination...Kean and Republican State Party Chairman...
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Newsbusters
| 9 months ago
The New York Times filled the news gap caused by the cancellation of Monday's events with rumors of party discord. In fact, the Times first tried to gin up controversy at the 2012 Republican National Convention long ago...Cave was talking about the...
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Politico
| 9 months ago
Fla.Rand Paul risks alienating his father's base as he tries to expand his own. The Kentucky senator, who speaks at the Republican convention Wednesday night, has a younger face and a softer edge, but his name does not guarantee the loyalty of Ron...
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The Globe & Mail
| 9 months ago
Story Watch But the lopsided vote did not mask the discontent on the convention floor. The chair of the Romney campaign was loudly booed when he called for the adoption of new rules that would make it harder to challenge Mr. Romney for the 2016...
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Reuters
| 9 months ago
Topics Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney waves after getting off his campaign plane in Tampa, Florida August 28, 2012. Republican Mitt Romney edged closer to President Barack Obama in a new Reuters/Ipsos...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
Associated Press The spokespeople for each state announcing the number of delegate votes for each GOP candidate had some unusual things to say Tuesday when making the announcement at the party's convention in Tampa, Fla. The spokesperson for Alabama...
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Truthdig
| 9 months ago
Aug 28, 2012 According to GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryanthe man who could be a heartbeat away from becoming president if Mitt Romney is elected in Novemberrape is a form of conception...Ryanwho comes from the party that brought you such...
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USA Today
| 9 months ago
With the GOP set to formally nominate Mitt Romney on Tuesday, President Obama spent the day on two college campus in the battleground states of Colorado and Iowa. Her courted young voters with a message about his efforts to curb escalating college...
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Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
Mitt Romney claimed the Republican nomination for president Tuesday, six years after he first began his run for the White House and on the first full day of a storm-shortened national convention. For months the unofficial nominee, Romney won his...
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The Courier-Mail
| 9 months ago
Mitt Romney has barrelled into Tampa, Florida, as Republicans worked to showcase him at their national convention as a man who understands everyday Americans and a leader who can fix the economy. Ann Romney, the woman who knows him best, said she was...
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USA Today
| 9 months ago
Having pushed back their convention a day because of worries about Tropical Storm Isaac, the GOP began its program this afternoon as party chairman Reince Priebus banged the gavel and called the convention to order...But the Tampa Bay Times Forum is...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
FoxNews.com The Romneys and the Ryans have arrived in Tampa, starting the hard work of shifting a city's focus from storm coverage to the job at hand -- anointing Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the Republican standard-bearers. And, weather-permitting,...
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The Hutchinson News
| 9 months ago
The usually entrenched GOP often can't be budged from ideology or motive; Isaac has accomplished what many have attempted but failed. The Republicans celebratory wingding this week in Tampa was supposed to last four days and involve more speakers...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
With the general election drawing closer, the coming days are critical for Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's presumptive presidential candidate, who is still trying to make inroads with middle class Americans and with women voters. Share This Story...
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Jerusalem Post
| 9 months ago
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney will join his party in Tampa to salvage the shortened convention in face of tropical storm. Shannon Stapleton Presidential candidate Mitt Romney flies to Tampa on Tuesday to join fellow Republicans seeking to put...
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Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
Bucking tradition, President Obama set out on a two-day campaign swing on Tuesday, aiming to steal just a bit of the spotlight from Republicans rallying in Tampa , Fla. Obama was scheduled for a college tour, with events at Iowa State University and...
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The New York Times
| 9 months ago
A one-stop destination for the latest political news from The Times and other top sources...Mr. Romney departed Boston early Tuesday morning bound for Tampa, at least a day earlier than scheduled and just hours before Tropical Storm Isaac was...
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MarketWatch
| 9 months ago
Fla. (MarketWatch) Mitt Romney on Tuesday will be formally nominated as the Republican Party's candidate to face President Barack Obama in November, as the GOP's convention swings into high gear following a storm delay. /conga/story/misc/election.
