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Gov. Chris Christie: Romney Will Tell Voters ‘Hard Truths’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, famous for rarely mincing words, prescribed a dose of tough medicine tonight in his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, telling party delegates and the nation that the solutions …
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The TV Watch: A Revved-Up Ann Romney at Republican Convention-TV-Watch — She may be too good. — Ann Romney is so gifted at politics, she may actually make her husband look a little bad. Their personality gap — her ease, his discomfort — has been evident in most of the many joint interviews they have given television reporters.
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First Thoughts: Mixed messages — Mixed messages: Both Ann Romney and Chris Christie gave fine speeches, but they created a disjointed message... Christie raises the bar for Romney... Last night showcased the GOP's governors and its diverse candidates/officials... Isaac slams into Louisiana …
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Ann Romney at the RNC
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ThinkProgress Live Blogs The Republican National Convention
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Transcript of Ann Romney's remarks at the Republican National Convention
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(APPLAUSE) — I want to talk about not what divides us, but what holds us
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Ann Romney: ‘This Man Will Lift Up America!’
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RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’ — An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention …
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Two people removed from RNC after taunting black camera operator — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera operator and said, “This is how we feed animals.”
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Two convention attendees removed for taunting black camerawoman — Two attendees were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday night after throwing nuts at an African-American camera operator for cable network CNN and taunting, “this is how we feed animals.”
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MSNBC cuts every speech made by a minority from RNC speech coverage — MSNBC wants you to think the Republican Party hates minorities. So much so that the liberal news network cut minority speeches from it's convention coverage. — When popular Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz …
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MSNBC abandons GOP convention during every speech by a minority — One of the left's favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist. — If you were watching MSNBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention …
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GOP House Candidate Mia Love Impresses RNC Crowd With Fiery Speech
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SEAL book depicts Osama bin Laden shot on sight in hallway, contradicting original account — WASHINGTON — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented …
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‘No Easy Day,’ Bin Laden Raid Book: Osama Was Unarmed … FOLLOW: — Osama bin Laden, Video, Bin Laden Dead, Bin Laden Operation, Bin Laden Raid, Bin Laden Raid Book, Bin Laden Unarmed, Mark Owen, No Easy Day, World News — NEW YORK — The much-anticipated firsthand account …
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Schweikert defeats Quayle in Arizona — Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) defeated fellow freshman Republican Rep. Ben Quayle Tuesday, bringing to an end one of the cycle's most heated member-versus-member primaries. — (David Kadlubowski/AP) — With 94 percent of precincts reporting …
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Quayle calls Schweikert to concede in CD 6 race
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Rep. Schweikert tops Rep. Quayle in Ariz. member matchup
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Dirty politics GOP style — This is one dirty campaign. — My fellow Fox political analyst Karl Rove sees the proof in the Obama campaign's claims that Mitt Romney might be a felon and an Obama super-PAC advertisement blaming Romney for shuttering a factory and leaving a dying woman without health insurance.
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A Troubling Chant on the Convention Floor — An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear. As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.
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Isaac pounds Gulf Coast, pushes water over levee — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS/AP) NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Isaac knocked out power, flooded Gulf-front roads and pushed water over the top of an 18-mile section of a rural Louisiana levee before dawn Wednesday as it began a slow …
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Isaac Poised To ‘Torment’ New Orleans As Category 1 Hurricane On Anniversary Of Katrina
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GOP platform adopts Internet freedom plank — Republicans vowed to fight against efforts that would give international or intergovernmental organizations more control over the Internet in their party platform, approved on Tuesday. — “We will resist any effort to shift control away …
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Republican Platform Takes Turn to Right
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Republican National Convention: The one graph you need to see before watching — On the Republican convention stage tonight, you're going to see a really large clock. But the clock isn't for keeping time. The idea isn't to stop speakers from going over their allotted time, or the convention from running late.
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For globe-trotting Hillary, Democratic convention not on itinerary — * Bill Clinton to carry family flag at Democratic convention — * Hillary Clinton to leave Obama administration in January — As delegates gather next week for the Democratic National Convention, they will look in vain for one of the party's biggest stars.
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Hillary Clinton headed on trans-Asia trip during Dem convention
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Royal flush on hold — Dear Better Business Bureau: — I'm writing about a plumber I hired in 2008 to fix my pipes. The name of his business is Barack H. Obama & Co. — Despite many assurances on Mr. Obama's part, and despite spending far beyond what I wanted on the project …


How Mitt Romney Decided To Start Talking About Mormonism Again — A dramatic, and perhaps risky, reversal for a careful candidate. Unlearning the “brutal” lessons of 2007. — The Romneys leave Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, after Sunday services on August 26, 2012.
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U.S. workers shot in Mexico may be CIA employees — STRINGER/MEXICO/REUTERS - U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne (L) and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon sit together during an event in Mexico City August 28, 2012. Calderon on Tuesday promised justice for two U.S. agents …
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Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital — How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs - and stuck others with the bill — The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything.
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