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Michigan delegate Linda Lee Tarver shows off her ring at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
That’s the number of years since a Republican won a presidential election without carrying Florida. The last time it happened was in 1924, when Calvin Coolidge won the White House race despite losing Florida to Democratic challenger John Davis. Since...
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A Mitt Romney photo during the third day of the Republican National Convention.
From pitched baseballs to idled rail cars, companies such as Microsoft Corp. and CSX Corp. this week put their names, representatives and issues in front of the elected officials and delegates attending the Republican National convention. In addition to nominating...
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Carlos Mendez of the Puerto Rico delegation at the Republican National Convention.
A multicultural stage in Tampa tonight for the run-up to the running mate: This is the convention of a party lacking the support of Hispanic Americans — with less than one third of Latinos voicing support for the party’s presidential...
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Mitt Romney boards his campaign plane in Indianapolis.
A Secret Service agent accidentally left a loaded gun in the bathroom of Mitt Romney’s campaign plane today. The weapon was discovered by a CBS News reporter on the flight between Tampa and Indianapolis, where Romney delivered a speech to...
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People hold signs wishing Sen. John McCain a Happy Birthday as he speaks at the Republican National Convention.
Sarah Palin got a chance to wish her former running mate a happy birthday today, just not on the venue she wanted. Palin, in a Facebook post late this afternoon, said Fox News cancelled her appearances tonight — the same...
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Video of former president George W. Bush is played during the Republican National Convention.
Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, son of one president and brother of another, will address the Republican National Convention tomorrow night, before the party nominates Mitt Romney for president. This is a convention that has yet to prominently acknowledge the...
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Delegates cheer at the Republican National Convention.
Jack Oliver likes the vibe here in Tampa — and says it explains Mitt Romney’s fundraising prowess. The Republican presidential candidate’s fundraising team “has been incredible,” said Oliver, the national finance director for President George W. Bush’s successful 2004 re-election...
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Representative Paul Ryan speaks to a stage manager during sound check at the Republican National Convention.
Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican Party’s candidate for vice president, will tell his convention — and, more pointedly, Americans viewing at home tonight – that the country doesn’t have “much time” to confront the financial problems that have piled up....
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President Barack Obama reflected in a TelePromTer at a campaign event in Dubuque, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour.
President Barack Obama will head back to Iowa on Saturday — for his seventh time this year. The Democrat was just there on Tuesday to campaign at Iowa State University. As we reported today in Bloomberg Insider, the publication being...
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Mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, Mia Love addresses the Republican National Convention.
Last night, Utah Republican Mia Love was in Tampa, Florida, promoting Mitt Romney in a speech to the Republican National Convention. A few hours later, she was on Utah television, praising the Republican presidential nominee in a commercial for her...
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