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.”

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 …

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 …

In ABC Webcast, Yahoo! News's Chalian Says Romneys ‘Happy to Have a Party When Black People Drown’  —  During live coverage of the Republican National Convention here in Tampa, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian provided the perfect example of the pervasive anti-Republican bias Mitt Romney faces …

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Ahead of Ryan's Tampa speech, Obama video hits VP pick as ‘out of step’  —  Democrats unveiled a new Web video on Wednesday hammering Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) ahead of his speech to the Republican National Convention, painting Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick as “out of step.”

Mitt Romney Tells A Joke  —  Introducing his wife in a pre-taped segment, Romney jokes that Ann could take his place atop the Republican ticket — and that the press would like her better.  Not bad!  —  View Video ›  —  I'm sorry I can't be there with all of you in person but the truth …

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.

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.

GOP Governor Acknowledges That Romney's Welfare Attack Ads Are False  —  The Romney campaign has been running a series of blatantly false ads claiming that the Obama administration has waived work requirements included in the 1996 welfare reform law.  Everyone from independent fact-checkers …

Aug. 28: A Moment of Polling Clarity  —  At FiveThirtyEight, we're usually consumed by how much the polls disagree with one another, and where the race stands once you filter through all that noise.  But every now and then, the pollsters make our job easy.  —  Over the past several days, there have been 15 national polls released.

Exclusive: Clint Eastwood Headed to Tampa for RNC  —  A well-placed Republican source tells Townhall that Oscar-winning director and actor Clint Eastwood will travel to Tampa, Florida to attend Mitt Romney's nominating convention this week.  As the news media scrambles to identify the so-called …

Fact checking the GOP Convention's opening night  —  “I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success.  He built it.”  —  Can an entire convention be built around a grammatical error?  —  We wondered about that as we watched the first night of Republican Convention.