Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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Texas delegates planning floor mutiny over RNC rules changes

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:58 PM PDT

TAMPA--On Monday morning, at a meeting of more than 100 Texan delegates and alternates at the Saddlebrook Resort 20 miles north of Tampa, one topic got the crowd more fired up than any other. Delegate Melinda Fredricks read aloud a letter condemning recent changes to the national Republican party's rules that would allow the GOP [...]

Mike Huckabee to Ron Paul supporters: You lost, move on

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:14 PM PDT

TAMPA—Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has a message for Ron Paul supporters who say they feel "disrespected" by the Republican Party's delegate allocation process: You lost, move on. "I don't think they've been disrespected," Huckabee told a gaggle of reporters as we walked through the convention center here near the Tampa Bay Times Forum. "Elections [...]

Obama promises to help Gulf Coast governors with Tropical Storm Isaac

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT

President Barack Obama on Monday promised the governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi that they would have "the resources they need" to cope with Tropical Storm Isaac, on track to batter the Gulf Coast in the coming days, the White House said in a statement. Concerns about the storm led Republicans, gathered at their presidential [...]

Romney vows free-market defense as Republicans open convention

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 12:13 PM PDT

TAMPA , FLA.— As powerful tropical storm Isaac churned through the Gulf of Mexico, Republicans opened their abbreviated nominating convention on Monday with a knock at President Barack Obama's record on spending and a Hollywood-style video message from Mitt Romney. "In the campaign to come, the American ideals of economic freedom and opportunity need a [...]

Haley Barbour on RNC hurricane threat: ‘Everybody here’s got one eye on the storm’

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:49 AM PDT

TAMPA—Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told reporters Monday that even though the tropical storm raging in the Gulf of Mexico looks like it will hit New Orleans in the next two days, he does not anticipate it will significantly affect the already-delayed Republican National Convention in Tampa. "I don't think [Tropical Storm Isaac] will have [...]

Chris Matthews accuses Romney of playing ‘race card’ (VIDEO)

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:58 AM PDT

Chris Matthews lashed out at Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Monday in Tampa during a live "Morning Joe" segment, with the feisty MSNBC host accusing Mitt Romney and the GOP of playing the race card in their campaign against President Barack Obama. "It is an embarrassment to your party to play that card," [...]

Romney admits Democratic attacks are hurting him with voters: ‘I don’t think everybody likes me’

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:03 AM PDT

BOSTON—Mitt Romney is spending Monday morning doing speech prep at an elementary school near his vacation home in Wolfeboro, N.H., but he's already giving hints about what he will say Thursday night when he accepts the GOP nomination at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. In an interview with USA Today's Susan Page, Romney says [...]

Rand Paul’s message to Republican convention: ‘Audit the Pentagon’

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT

TAMPA--Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will use his prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to urge party members to be more open to scrutinizing military spending, a position that puts him in the minority within the GOP. Paul made the remarks Sunday when he addressed thousands of supporters at a rally for his father, [...]

Ron Paul on Romney: ‘I don’t fully endorse him for president’

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT

TAMPA--Mitt Romney's presidential campaign gave Texas Rep. Ron Paul a chance to speak at the Republican National Convention, but he declined due to the conditions of the offer, the New York Times reports: Mr. Paul, in an interview, said convention planners had offered him an opportunity to speak under two conditions: that he deliver remarks [...]

Romney stars in Obama camp’s ‘The Do-Over’

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:22 AM PDT

Tampa - President Barack Obama's campaign may be tempted to throw everything but the kitchen sink at Mitt Romney before election day, but for now they'll settle for "Sirens, Etch-A-Sketches, Fire, Severely Conservative VP Choices, The Go Back Team, Press Quotes, And Romney Jogging." Team Obama has released a movie trailer-style digital video mocking Romney [...]

Four apps to help navigate the RNC: A review

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 04:05 AM PDT

Besides fighting for the top job in America, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have been in a bit of an app-off this election season. Romney has released two apps: an Instagram-esque photo app that embellishes pictures with a pro-Mitt overlay, and a veep announcement app that was sadly scooped by traditional media. For his part, [...]

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