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Blog Entries for Friday, August 31
Tidbits from the GOP Convention IV
Another political convention is over and now it is time to head to the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. But we should first give you a final behind the scenes review of the end of the RNC gathering in Tampa. What is always interesting is that even before the ...
Text of Mitt Romney's GOP convention speech
Here is the text of Republican Mitt Romney's speech to the GOP convention in Tampa, as he accepted his party's nomination for President on Thursday night. This transcript was provided by the Romney campaign: Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I ...
Romney urges voters to "turn the page" on Obama
Wrapping up the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Thursday night, Mitt Romney urged voters to back him for President in November, saying the "time has come to turn the page" on President Obama. Romney focused much of his acceptance speech for the GOP nomination on economic matters, attempting ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, August 30
Ryan accepts VP bid, skewers Democrats
From Tampa, Florida - To the resounding cheers of Republican delegates gathered in Tampa, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) thrilled GOP delegates as he accepted his party's nomination, urging Americans to again vote for change in the White House to help improve the nation's economic fortunes. "Why would the next four ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 29
Paul Ryan's speech to GOP convention
From Tampa, Florida - Here are the prepared remarks for GOP Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, as provided to reporters by the Mitt Romney campaign: Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the ...
Republicans try to stir some Romney momentum
From Tampa, Florida - Starting with the Tuesday speeches of Ann Romney and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Republicans are now heading into a final two days of convention work that will highlight the two names on their ticket - Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. And no matter what ...
Tidbits from the GOP Convention III
From Tampa, Florida - There was much more of a buzz around the Republican convention on Tuesday, as GOP delegates truly got their gathering underway, nominating the ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, and taking in big speeches from Ann Romney and Gov. Chris Christie. Meanwhile, it was another ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, August 28
GOP cracks down on early primary states
From Tampa, Florida - After watching Florida and other states go early in the primary and caucus process the last two elections, Republicans at their convention today will vote on a rule change to strengthen the punishment for states that move their party contests before March. "We kind of have ...
Blog Entries for Monday, August 27
Tidbits from the GOP Convention II
From Tampa, Florida - If there is one thing that is a common theme in the dozen major party political conventions I have covered over the years, it is that things change as easily as the breeze rustles the curtains over your bedroom windows. Except sometimes there doesn't seem to ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, August 26
Georgia GOP keeps the doors closed
From Tampa, Florida - National Republicans are touting their "Convention Without Walls" program as a way for people who aren't in Tampa to get involved in the GOP convention via the internet. But if those people are interested in Republican activities from Georgia, there won't be much publicity at all. ...
Tidbits from the GOP Convention
From Tampa, Florida - I have covered twelve different major party conventions since 1988, and each one presents a different set of logistical and security issues; sometimes you get the shaft, sometimes the sun shines on you unexpectedly. I had a bit of both this weekend in Tampa. My hotel ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, August 25
Republicans delay first day of convention
From Tampa, Florida For the second straight convention, Republicans have had to scrap the first day of their national political gathering because of a tropical weather system, as officials decided Isaac posed too much of a threat to delegates and others visiting the Tampa Bay area. "The safety of those ...
Blog Entries for Friday, August 24
Isaac forces Biden to scrap Tampa trip
The tropical weather system named Isaac claimed its first political casualty before even threatening the state of Florida, as the Obama Campaign decided to postpone a trip to Tampa by Vice President Biden, worried it might get in the way of emergency efforts in Florida. "Due to disaster preparedness and ...
VA spent almost $3 million on one conference
New details released by a U.S. House committee late on Friday on show the Veterans Affairs Department spent almost $3 million on one conference in Orlando, Florida last year, with over $370,000 spent on food and refreshments for the four day event. The reaction was as one might expect from ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, August 23
Final prep for the GOP convention
There was a slightly unsettled feeling in our press gallery in the U.S. Capitol Thursday while my fellow reporters packed for the Republican convention in Tampa, as delegates will begin swarming into that Florida city this weekend. One of my colleagues was spitting nails in the hallways, as she recounted ...
Authorities investigating threats against Rep. Akin
The political furor involving Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri took a nasty turn on Thursday, as Akin's congressional spokesman confirmed that there had been a variety of threats leveled against the Republican lawmaker and his staff. This was the statement put out by Akin's spokesman Steve Taylor: “I can verify ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 22
VA slams video, faces more scrutiny
As the head of the VA on Wednesday blasted a video produced for a pair of VA conferences last year in Orlando, two House committees pressed for even more answers, saying the video spoof of the opening scene of the movie "Patton" was yet another example of wasteful government spending. ...
House panel releases VA conference videos
A U.S. House committee has released a video spoof on the movie "Patton" produced for a pair of VA conferences held last year in Orlando - the cost to taxpayers of the video was about $52,000. “I question the excessiveness in which taxpayer dollars are being used to fund multi-million ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, August 21
Todd Akin is still standing
Despite being verbally flogged by just about every Republican of import from Mitt Romney on down, Missouri Congressman Todd Akin is giving his fellow GOP lawmakers the political version of the Heisman, refusing to get out of a race for Senate in the uproar of his remarks on rape and ...
The clock ticks on Rep. Todd Akin
With the clock ticking towards a 5 p.m. Central Time deadline to take his name off the ballot in the U.S. Senate race from Missouri, the silence from national Republicans in support of Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) was deafening over his controversial remarks on "legitimate rape." Akin released a new ...
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