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Muncie Free Press
| 9 months ago
Tropical Storm Isaac has been pounding the Gulf Coast since it first made landfall yesterday evening. Since that time, nearly a million people are without power in the region while rescue attempts have started for those suffering from flooding during...
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The Guardian
| 9 months ago
Martin H Simon/Corbis An attendee to the US Republican party convention was removed from the conference after allegedly throwing nuts at a black camerawoman from CNN, saying "this is how we feed animals". David Shuster, who tweeted: "GOP attendee...
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The Tribune
| 9 months ago
Here are some things to watch for at the Republican National Convention Wednesday: 1. OUT: As Hurricane Isaac batters the Gulf Coast, Mitt Romney and GOP conventioneers decide how to respond. Can they show empathy for storm victims even as they...
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CNN
| 9 months ago
Four years ago, Republicans gathering in Minneapolis delayed the political revelry to focus on disaster relief from Hurricane Gustav, which hit Louisiana. This year, the event was closer to the weather action also targeting Gulf Coast states.
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
The evening session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., began much as the afternoon session ended: bashing President Obama and his policies. "Can we do better?"...House Speaker and Convention Permanent Chairman John Boehner asked...
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Community News
| 9 months ago
The Record The mood got tense Tuesday afternoon as a group of Ron Paul supporters interrupted the Republican National Convention in objection to changes being made to the Maine delegation. Paul, a Texas Congressman and GOP presidential candidate,...
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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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Russia Today
| 9 months ago
A floor flight will likely be avoided this week at the Republican National Convention due to a last-minute compromise with supporters of Rep. Ron Paul...Republican National Committeeman James Bopp tells ABC News that the GOP has finally worked out a...
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Kansas City Star
| 9 months ago
Potential Hurricane Isaac ravaged the Tampa Bay area Monday, slamming the coast with winds that sometimes approached the speed of a fully loaded forklift and leaving a trail of devastation in the form of water that occasionally fell from the sky and...
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The Journal Gazette
| 9 months ago
The Republican National Convention opened Monday but just barely, with all major speeches and festivities delayed for a day as Tropical Storm Isaac lightly lashed this waterfront city. Even the brief opening festivities a quick proclamation by...
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USA Today
| 9 months ago
The GOP performed a brief session on Monday, but the real action starts Tuesday afternoon with the formal nomination of Mitt Romney , who is to arrive in Tampa on Tuesday, as President Obama 's challenger on Nov. 6. Over the weekend, Republican Party...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 9 months ago
Mark Carducci was among a dozen diehard Ron Paul supporters from Nevada on the Republican National Convention floor Monday when the GOP briefly gaveled the meeting to order then recessed for a day to wait out the wind-whipped rain coming from...
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Voice of America
| 9 months ago
Republicans meeting in Tampa, Florida, plan to get down to business Tuesday after their national nominating convention was delayed a day by the effects of Tropical Storm Isaac. The Republican National Convention will finally kick into high gear...
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The independent
| 9 months ago
Suggested Topics The ghosts of climactic and political calamities past stalked the Republican Party yesterday as its already foreshortened convention in Tampa risked being eclipsed by the gathering fury of Tropical Storm Isaac, which threatened to...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
The 2012 Republican National Convention was gaveled in Monday by national GOP Chairman Reince Priebus, then immediately recessed until Tuesday. "It is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 Republican National Convention .....After a round of applause,...
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National Public Radio
| 9 months ago
The debt clock is ticking inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where the 2012 Republican National Convention is being held. The debt clock is ticking inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where the 2012 Republican National Convention is being held. With a...
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Arizona Republic
| 9 months ago
Republicans have gaveled open their convention that will culminate with the nomination of Mitt Romney to be president. Party Chairman Reince Priebus banged the gavel on an abbreviated Monday session as the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac forced the...
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NY1
| 9 months ago
As Republicans gather in Florida to crown Mitt Romney their presidential nominee, Tropical Storm Isaac is wreaking havoc on plans for the four-day convention...It's often said political conventions have become boringly predictable, overly...
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CNN Blog
| 9 months ago
Gulf Coast in the coming days. Watch CNN.com Live for continuing coverage of the storm...Tropical Storm Isaac tracker 12:00 pm ET - Alabama, Florida briefings on Isaac - The governors of Alabama and Florida will hold separate briefings on Tropical...
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CNSNews.com
| 9 months ago
The storm named Isaac, the bane of Republicans, was heading to the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, where it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and probably hit New Orleans as a category 2 on Wednesday, seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
All the top-tier speakers remain on tap for the Republican national convention in Tampa, Fla., despite Tropical Storm Isaac threatening four U.S. Gulf states. "All of the headliner speakers I've been able to find a place for in the Tuesday, Wednesday,...
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Epoch Times
| 9 months ago
August 26, 2012 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks on stage Aug. 26 in Tampa, Fla., ahead of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The RNC is scheduled to convene Monday and will hold its first full-day session Tuesday as...
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Miami Herald
| 9 months ago
Mitt Romney worked to make his voice heard above the roar of a tropical storm Sunday, striking back at President Barack Obama and scrambling plans for his weather-shortened convention to deliver his pitch to the nation...Activities continued Sunday...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 9 months ago
Nevada Republicans who attended a raucous rally for Ron Paul on Sunday vowed to keep fighting for his libertarian principles and return the GOP back to its conservative roots. "Our liberties are under attack," declared Carl Bunce, the chairman of...
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NY1
| 9 months ago
Also on Sunday, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus told CNN that the convention will quickly gavel in and out on Monday, and that the majority of tasks will take place in the remaining three days. The roll-call vote to nominate Mitt Romney as the Republican...
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Fox
| 9 months ago
FoxNews.com Southern Republicans whose states could get hit by approaching Tropical Storm Isaac are canceling GOP convention plans to stay home and make emergency preparations. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal made their...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
FoxNews.com Southern Republicans whose states could get hit by approaching Tropical Storm Isaac are canceling GOP convention plans to stay home and make emergency preparations. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal made their...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
Still he said he expected independent voters particularly will tune in to hear Romney and Ryan speak. "I think we'll still get a fair amount of attention, and the message will be good." "We're going to tell the Mitt Romney story, we're still going...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 9 months ago
A possible hurricane will once again delay a Republican National Convention this week, but party leaders have vowed that their message will not be a casualty of the storm. Tropical Storm Isaac forced party officials to cancel the first day of the...
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Community News
| 9 months ago
The Record For anyone who can't make the trip to Tampa for the Republican National Convention, Governor Christie has launched new Twitter and Tumblr accounts to provide insight into his keynote address and his travels. In addition to his @GovChristie...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 9 months ago
Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 North Carolina delegates in Tampa for the Republican National Convention huddled in their hotel expressed disappointment, but were understanding about the decision to delay the convention a day because of Tropical Storm Isaac. "...
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NY1
| 9 months ago
summary+' With Tropical Storm Isaac set to storm Florida, Republicans are making alternate plans for their national convention. Forecasters say the tropical storm has strengthened and should be at or near hurricane force when it reaches the Florida...
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Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
The tropical system known as Isaac, which could hit the Gulf Coast as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, will be the focus of intense media attention this week. The timing of the storm's landfall, the day before Mitt Romney is scheduled to accept...
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The Hill
| 9 months ago
We're 100 percent full steam ahead on Tuesday, Priebus told Candy Crowley on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday...Obama has been president for four years, and I think it's incumbent on us to do two things. One, we still have to prosecute the...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
Romney to be nominated as Isaac rains on RNC The quadrennial Republican National Convention this week in Tampa, Fla., features a rock-star line-up to invigorate the crowd as Mitt Romney prepares to convince voters "A Better Future" is within their...
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National Public Radio
| 9 months ago
August 26, 2012 After a year and a half of preparations, Tampa is just about ready host the Republican National Convention. Some 70,000 delegates, support personnel, media and protestors are gathering for the party's nominating event. Originally...
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MarketWatch
| 9 months ago
The Republican Party delayed the start of its national convention in Tampa, Fla., by one day, until Tuesday afternoon, because of Tropical Storm Isaac. Florida braces for Isaac Tropical Storm Isaac churned across the Caribbean en route to Florida...
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Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
An approaching tropical storm, forecast to become a hurricane as it roars into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, has forced postponement of the first day of the Republican National Convention here, party officials announced Saturday evening. The opening...
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Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
As Republicans bowed to Tropical Storm Isaac, canceling most of their convention opening night in deference to the storm, there was some hurricane history they might have recalled...Four years ago, Hurricane Gustav slammed into Louisiana, prompting...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Tropical Storm Isaac hasn't landed in Florida yet, but it's already causing damage to the Republican Party. Almost all Republican National Convention events on Monday have been canceled because of the storm, according to Republican National Committee...
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NY Daily News
| 9 months ago
AP Photo Workers prepare the stage for the Republican National Convention inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla., on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. With Tropical Storm Isaac barrelling down Florida's West Coast, Republican officials decided to "...
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Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
Republican Party officials Saturday night canceled most of the Monday opening of the GOP's presidential nominating convention, bowing to the threat posed as Tropical Storm Isaac barrelled toward Florida. "Out of an abundance of caution, we want to...
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Al Jazeera
| 9 months ago
04 Romney, left, will formally be nominated at the convention as the Republican presidential candidate [Reuters] The US Republican Party has effectively postponed the start of its national convention until Tuesday afternoon, due to severe weather...
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The Hill
| 9 months ago
Priebus said that the convention would convene on Monday August 27th and immediately recess until Tuesday afternoon on August 28th. Our first priority is ensuring the safety of delegates, alternates, guests, members of the media attending the...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 9 months ago
Workers prepare the stage for the Republican National Convention inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/J...Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to reach the Florida mainland early next week. The RNC plans to...
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The Guardian
| 9 months ago
Reuters in Tampa Tampa, where the Republican national convention was due to start on Monday. The convention has been delayed by a day due to tropical storm Isaac. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Republicans will delay the start of...
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Chicago Tribune
| 9 months ago
Saturday cancelled most of Monday's planned opening of the Republican National Convention, bowing to concerns about the safety of delegates who were to gather as the tropical storm Isaac barreled into the area. The plan, announced in a conference...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 9 months ago
The Republican Party will delay the bulk of its convention until Tuesday afternoon because of the severe weather forecast from Tropical Storm Isaac. That's according to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. Priebus says the...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
FoxNews.com Organizers of the Republican National Convention have postponed the Monday start of the four-day event in Tampa, Fla., because of the approaching tropical storm. The convention will convene Monday as scheduled, then immediately recess...
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The Tribune
| 9 months ago
Republicans pour into Tampa along with hurricane fears Republicans pour into Tampa along with hurricane fears Will the Republican National Convention be viewed, at least at the start, as Isaac's convention as much as it is Mitt Romney's?...Despite...
