Republican National Convention
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: Republican Presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) speaks during a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland on March 28, 2012 in College Park, Maryland. Paul is trailing his opponents in what has become a race for delegates until the Republican National Convention.
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Taken together, these victories and those yet to happen forecast a prominent role for Ron Paul at the (Republican National Convention). They also signal that the convention will feature a spirited discussion over whether conservatism will triumph over the status quo.
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Ron Paul: 'We will no longer spend resources'
Ron Paul, the congressman from Texas and a favorite of tea partyers, effectively ended his presidential campaign Monday but urged his fervent supporters to continue working at the state party level to cause havoc for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt R Read more »
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Documents show NYPD infiltrated liberal groups
(AP) -- Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country, according to interviews and documents that show how police have used counterterrorism Read more »
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Romney looks for Ill. win while Santorum stumbles
(AP) -- As they await an Illinois primary vote whose outcome is hardly assured, Mitt Romney is betting his message of economic proficiency will resonate with Republican voters more than Rick Santorum 's sharply honed conservatism.Both men were competing Read more »
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Voting in Alabama, Mississippi could clarify race
Mitt Romney hoped to seal his status as the Republican presidential front-runner with a thus-far-elusive victory in the Deep South, a region that has been slow to embrace the former Massachusetts governor.A pair of closely fought primaries Tuesday in Ala Read more »
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Santorum wins Kansas Republican caucuses
Rick Santorum overwhelmingly won the Kansas presidential caucuses Saturday as he tries to blunt Mitt Romney 's momentum in the grinding campaign for the nomination to oppose President Barack Obama in the November election.Santorum, a former Pennsylvania Read more »
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Local venues begin booking for Republican convention
— The California delegates have more than politics on their minds for the Republican National Convention. They want to party. The group booked Jannus Live for an event on the second night of the convention and plans to hire a band, said Lynda Rucker, the St. 5:56 PM from TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times Read more »
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Republicans stand down on social issues, focus on jobs
for the move away from the sort of "culture war" that conservative Patrick Buchanan called for from the podium of the Republican National Convention in 1992. Many Republicans viewed that approach as one that alienated moderates. Two decades later, as the candidates 1:14 PM from Salt Lake Tribune Read more »
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John DiStaso's Granite Status Democratic candidates for governor at odds with Lynch on proposed education funding amendment
Bettencourt. The disgraced former majority leader had been on Romney's original slate of 10 alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. But because the Republican National Committee cut the New Hampshire delegation in half as punishment for 12:32 PM from The Union Leader Read more »
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State Republicans to start electing delegates
to August national convention TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- State Republicans are set to start electing delegates to August's Republican National Convention. The Washington state Republican convention started Wednesday, and the delegate election process begins Friday 12:28 PM from ReadingEagle.com Read more »
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Hurricane weeks before GOP convention could still impact event
Florida -- While much of the discussion about a hurricane disrupting the Republican National Convention has focused on the possibility of a storm striking during the event, a major hurricane hitting Tampa weeks before could still cause problems. The convention 12:06 PM from 10Connects.com Read more »
