Articles filed under Political Conventions
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Pluses, minuses for the Republican conventionAug 31, 2012 10:00 pm - TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican convention propelled Mitt Romney into the fall campaign on a high note, thanks to his well-received acceptance speech, an appealing cast of ...
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An estimated 30 million watch Romney’s speechAug 31, 2012 9:58 pm - LOS ANGELES — Ratings for the final night of the Republican National Convention, which featured Mitt Romney and Clint Eastwood, weren’t a blockbuster. An estimated 30.3 ...
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First since ’52: No talk of war in GOP speechAug 31, 2012 4:34 pm - WASHINGTON — With America embroiled in its longest armed conflict, Mitt Romney became the first Republican since 1952 to accept his party’s nomination without mentioning...
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Democrats hit bumps on the road to CharlotteAug 31, 2012 3:41 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — When Democrats from around the country gather next week in Charlotte to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term, some may not feel completely a...
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Romney begins fall campaign with economic pledgeAug 31, 2012 10:48 am - TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney is making the first stop of his fall campaign for the White House a visit to hurricane-damaged Louisiana, hoping to convince Americans he is no...
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Ann Romney: Eastwood is ‘a unique guy’Aug 31, 2012 10:48 am - TAMPA, Fla. — Ann Romney says she appreciates the support Clint Eastwood gave her husband’s presidential bid, even if the actor’s bizarre monologue at the GOP convention...
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Romney to visit storm-damaged LouisianaAug 31, 2012 10:48 am - LAKELAND, Fla. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ordered a detour to hurricane-damaged Louisiana on Friday as he campaigned his way out of the Republican N...
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Oops! Florida Sen. Rubio endorses more government?Aug 31, 2012 10:48 am - TAMPA, Fla. — Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio had one of those did-he-just-say-that moments by jumbling words in his Republican National Convention speech to accidentally...
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Celebs tweet about Eastwood at RNCAug 31, 2012 8:59 am - A sampling of celebrity tweets in response to Clint Eastwood’s odd conversation with an invisible President Barack Obama in an empty chair before the Republican National...
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Not in Romney speech: Afghanistan, Social SecurityAug 31, 2012 8:53 am - WASHINGTON — Social Security. Medicare. Iraq. Afghanistan. Illegal immigration. They’re all costly to taxpayers and the next president presumably will have to address th...