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Clint Eastwood RNC speech bizarre, reviews say
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Clint Eastwood earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling endorsement of Mitt Romney.
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Clint Eastwood: What media outlets are saying about bizarre speech
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Today’s trip through the make-my-day checkout line largely centers on an old man on a big stage and what various outlets are saying about it, a couple of other things, and the mystery music video.
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McDonnell highlights Obama's Roanoke comments
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's speech kept with Tuesday night's convention theme, taunting President Barack Obama for his line in a speech delivered in Roanoke in July when, in making the point that government aids private business, he said, "if you've got a business, you didn't build that."
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2012 Republican National Convention opens
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It's official: Party Chairman Reince Priebus called the gathering to order, citing convention rules requiring a 2 p.m. Monday start, and then immediately recessed the session.
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Republican National Convention crammed into three days
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Tropical Storm Isaac has shaken things up at the Republican National Convention. Most of Monday’s events were postponed, so the GOP is cramming four days of events, into three.
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Isaac forces GOP to scrap first day of convention
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Republicans will formally bestow their presidential nomination on Mitt Romney on Tuesday night, one day later than planned, officials announced Sunday as they revised the schedule for a national convention curtailed by the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac.
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Republican National Convention 2012: Twitter updates from the RNC floor
CommentThis is your best source for all the Twitter chatter surrounding the Republican National Convention! You can also follow ABC7's Rebecca Cooper on Twitter and Leon Harris on Facebook for the latest from the RNC floor in Tampa.
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Race for the White House is a tight one, poll shows
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For all the attention it got, Republican Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate has not altered the race against President Barack Obama. The campaign remains neck and neck with less than three months to go, a new AP-GfK poll shows.
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Republican National Convention keynote speaker remains unknown
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Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin are both big names in the party believed to be among those Romney is weighing for the vice presidential slot or for the keynote address for the Republican National Convention.
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Mitt Romney, RNC brought in over $101 million in July
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Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee say they netted more than $101 million last month.
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Smoke-filled rooms? Va. GOP opts for closed convention, no primary in '13
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In a reversal of an earlier decision, the ruling committee of the Virginia Republican Party is going with a closed convention instead of an open primary to choose a gubernatorial nominee in 2013.
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Bob McDonnell vice presidential vetting not happening, he says
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is not being vetted to be Mitt Romney's running mate for the November election, he said on WTOP on Tuesday morning.
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Greene County GOP: 'Armed revolution' necessary if Obama reelected
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In the March 2012 of a newsletter put out by the Republican Party of Greene County, an editorial calls for an 'armed revolution' if President Barack Obama wins reelection this November.
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Mitt Romney wins Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia primaries
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The Associated Press is reporting that Mitt Romney has won the Indiana, West Virginia and North Carolina GOP presidential primaries.
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Fall campaigns blast off in Virginia this week
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Nominees? Who needs nominees? The fall presidential campaign opens this spring in Virginia long before President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney gets his party's nomination.
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Student loan bill heads to House vote
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Republican leaders are ready to try pushing legislation through the House holding down interest rates on federal loans to millions of college students.
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Newt Gingrich ends presidential bid
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Newt Gingrich will drop out of the 2012 presidential race, with CNN reporting that he'll throw his support behind Mitt Romney at an event in Washington next week.
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Mitt Romney takes the GOP lead after Santorum drops
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Mitt Romney was all smiles after speaking with Rick Santorum directly in the wake of Santorum’s decision to suspend his campaign.
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