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Journalists Could Face Arrests At GOP Convention In Tampa

Tampa Bay Times | Posted 05.30.2012

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TAMPA -- Protesters might not be the only people filling Hillsborough's jails during the Republican National Convention. Journalists could face det...

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Mitt Antagonists

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.24.2012

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Which environmental policies reflect the real Mitt Romney? Those he displayed as Massachusetts governor, or the ones that the Republican Party is asking him to embrace as a presidential candidate?

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Battleground Arizona: Can Latinos Turn It Into An Election 2012 Swing State For Obama?

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.23.2012

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Someone trying to draw up a list of election 2012 battleground states would not put Arizona at the top. It's best known in political circles for notor...

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GOP Starts To Worry About Hurricanes

AP | BRENT KALLESTAD | Posted 05.23.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican National Convention scheduled in Tampa for late August would be among the casualties if the area were threat...

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What's Missing From Mitt Romney's Fundraising?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced on May 17 that it had raised $40.1 million in April, when i...

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Coburn: RNC, DNC Should Return Taxpayers' Money For Conventions

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- If politicians are so worked up over lavish conventions funded by taxpayers, the two major parties should give back more than $35 millio...

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George Clooney Fundraiser Brings In Huge Haul For Obama Campaign

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 05.11.2012

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While Republicans mocked President Barack Obama for holding fundraiser at the home of George Clooney, he may be the one getting the last laugh. The...

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RNC Official: Romney 'Still Deciding What His Position On Immigration Is'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.08.2012

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A Latino-vote outreach program on Tuesday plans to stress to voters that the president has failed on immigration reform and deported a record number o...

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RNC Throws 'Hype And Blame' At Obama

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.03.2012

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In 2008, Barack Obama won the presidency with a campaign promise of "hope and change." With the president now in the midst of a tough battle to repeat...

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Romney Woos Conservative Media In Private Meeting

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.03.2012

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NEW YORK -- In an effort to reach out to conservative media, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney and wife Ann met for two hours Wednesday with ...

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Rick Scott Defends Right To Concealed Weapons At RNC

Posted 05.02.2012

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is soundly rejecting a request from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn to ban guns at the Republican National Convention. Buckhorn w...

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Mitt Romney's Tough Choices

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.02.2012

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Not only must Mitt Romney pick a running mate, he also needs to decide which former rivals he'll invite to speak at the Republican National Convention...

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Past Presidents Have Campaigned for Re-Election on Air Force One... So Why Is Obama Treated Differently?

Dee Evans | Posted 04.27.2012

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Just having the media discussing it non-stop gets the idea in the minds of some voters that there is some kind of Obama taxpayer mischief going on and before you know it, voila, the media has unwittingly done their job for them! Bravo RNC!

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Convention Protesters Could Carry Surprise

AP | TAMARA LUSH and MITCH WEISS | Posted 04.27.2012

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TAMPA, Florida — The thousands of protesters expected at the Democratic and Republican national conventions can come armed with a lot more than ...

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Every Former President Has Campaigned for Re-Election on Air Force One. So Why Is Obama Different?

Dee Evans | Posted 04.26.2012

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Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, has filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Office saying that President Obama has "crossed the line" by campaigning for re-election on Air Force One. Really?

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RNC Announces New Latino Vote Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.16.2012

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The Republican National Committee is sending Latino outreach directors to swing states with large Hispanic populations as part of a larger effort to w...

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GOP's List Of Latino Candidates Echoes Challenges With Latino Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party is coming face to face with what could, for it, be a demographic calamity. Currently, just 12 percent of Latino reg...

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RNC Chairman: Buffett Rule A 'Shiny Object'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.15.2012

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was dismissive Sunday of the Buffett Rule, calling it little more than a "shiny object" the pres...

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Republicans Grow Worried About State Parties In Disarray

Politico | Jonathan Martin And Alexander Burns | Posted 04.09.2012

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National Republicans have begun to intervene in a handful of key Senate and House battlegrounds where state parties are in disarray, seeking to head o...

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It's Not Abortion Politics, It's Breadwinning Politics

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.06.2012

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I am not sure the Obama campaign understands fully that many women care more about their access to wages than their access to abortions, but Obama does understand the two issues are inextricably linked. And it's showing in his polling with all women.

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Romney Praises Scott Walker

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.28.2012

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WASHINGTON — After a three-month struggle, Mitt Romney edged into the mop-up phase of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wed...

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Newt Gingrich's Plans For Convention Chaos May Not Come To Fruition, Because Of 'Rules'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.22.2012

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What has Newt Gingrich been up to, during this period of time in which he keeps losing primaries and receives daily admonitions to quit the race? Well...

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The History Behind Brokered Conventions

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.22.2012

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Two months and 28 states after the Iowa caucus, the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nominee goes on. With four candidates still in the race,...

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Top Republican Wonders If Obama Is 'A Man Of His Word'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican National Committee's chairman, Reince Priebus, claimed on Sunday that President Barack Obama "says one thing and does ano...

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Republican To Candidates: 'Put On Your Big Boy Pants'

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney's Super Tuesday victories elicited a collective yawn from his party's superdelegates. Since Tuesday's voting, Romney h...

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