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Horror of horrors: Romney makes a birth-certificate joke
Heh. And it was pretty darn funny, too. “Now I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. Ann was born in Henry Ford Hospital, I was born in Harper...
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New Obama ad: If you’re a woman who favors small government, you should...
Make it stop. Warning: These are two-and-a-half of some of the more deeply aggravating minutes though which I have ever forced myself to sit. Steel yourselves. In case you’re just not finding the...
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Reshuffling the convention schedule for Ann Romney?
Logistics. Earlier this week, we learned that ABC, CBS, and NBC have no plans to broadcast the first night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week, ostensibly in order to ensure equal...
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“America doesn’t need a birther-in-chief”? Are we really going there?
Is this real life? Of course we knew that the Obama campaign was going to release a statement of faux outrageous outrage after Romney’s birth-certificate joke on Friday morning, and of course all the...
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The Republican National Convention kicks off
Live from Tampa! TAMPA, Fla. — Huzzah! Good afternoon from the Tampa Bay Times Forum, home of the 2012 Republican National Convention. It’s been kind of a weird, patchy day weather-wise here (an odd...
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First Amendment win: Court strikes down graphic images on cig labels
Free speech. For a couple of years now, the FDA has been moving forward with new regulations that would have coerced tobacco companies into splashing some rather graphic images (you know, just some...
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Convention contrast: A choice between two futures, indeed
Let’s light this candle! As Ed noted earlier today, it may very well be true that not many voters pay a whole lot of specific attention to the parties’ conventions, but the conventions can set the...
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Finally: Romney’s the official Republican nominee for president
Too legit to quit. TAMPA, Fla. — Dancing delegates proudly bedecked in military- and state-themed flare, hours of rules discussion and official rigmarole, and roll-calling the state delegations: It’s...
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Rising GOP star: Mia Love is in the house
Mr. President, we’re not buying what you’re selling in 2012. The theme of tonight’s convention session at the RNC is “We Built It”, and rising conservative star Mia Love helped get the lineup of...
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The Governors speak: You better believe we built this, baby
Killin’ it. Earlier today at a campaign stop in Iowa, President Obama took a sarcastic swipe at the Republican National Convention’s economic agenda. “This week in Tampa, my opponents will offer you...
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Ann Romney: From our hearts to yours; Update: Video added
“We’re smart enough to know that there are no easy answers, but we’re not dumb enough to know that there aren’t better answers!” As South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley commented before she relinquished...
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RNC, round two: We can do better, America
On deck. There’s a wide swath of opinion making its way through the news networks and media that last night’s headliners at the RNC, Ann Romney and Gov. Chris Christie, were somehow resounding...
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Mia Love: The economy, debt aren’t prejudiced issues
Thinking big. Mia Love’s name has been all the rage here in Tampa since her big debut on the RNC stage at the start of Tuesday night’s lineup, and my Townhall colleague Elisabeth Meinecke and I...
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Open thread: Hey America, it’s Paul Ryan Update: Video added
It’s time. The most anticipated speaker on deck at the GOP convention tonight is almost certainly Paul Ryan, as his speech will mark his official acceptance of the nomination for Mitt Romney’s running...
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Video: A tribute to presidents past
Nostalgia. But really. It was only a brief aside from the RNC’s evening proceedings, but I thought it merited a mention: As I’ve argued before, I maintain that history is going to be kind to President...
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Obama: Those Republicans will be much more amenable during my second term,...
The Senate Minority Leader weighs in! As President Obama and the Democrats are wont to remind us, it is merely Republicans’ desire to prevent him from obtaining a second presidential term that...
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The RNC grand finale: Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney
Let’s get ready to rumble! That pretty much sums up how I feel about it, anyway. It’s Day Three of the Republican National Convention, and in one corner, we’ve got the lamestream media, no doubt...
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Open thread: Mitt’s big moment
Prime time, baby. This is it, folks — the main event. Here are the available excerpts from Romney’s prepared remarks for the evening, and I’ll embed the livestream again below in case you want to...
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Jeb Bush: Mr. President, time to stop blaming your predecessor for your...
Plus: School choice is where it’s at. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was one of tonight’s early speakers here at the Republican National Convention, and he opened his speech with a big...
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Sorry, haters: Freedom of religion was unifying, not divisive
The other “M” word. One of the most oft-cited concerns about Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee has been his Mormon faith, and certain liberals have been not-so-subtle about hoping...
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Power move: Mitt Romney’s miracle-on-ice endorsement
Totally brill. I have to admit, when I first saw the scheduled lineup for the RNC’s Thursday night programming, I was a wee bit confused about the delegation of Olympians being brought out on stage to...
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It’s official: We are now $16 trillion in debt
Huzzah! Wait… what?! That. Just. Happened. There’s been a bit of waffling on when exactly it occurred between last Friday and Tuesday, but regardless, that ship has sailed. Total U.S. government debt...
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Christie on Pelosi’s ‘obstructionist’ lamentations: “She’s part of the problem”
Called out. It gets pretty galling hearing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi constantly bemoaning and repining the lack of compromise in Congress these days, as if partisan disagreement is some...
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“Better off”: America slips ranks in global economic competitiveness
Why don’t you just give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it? In regards to Team Obama’s recent suggestions that Americans are indeed better off today than they were four years ago, ‘by...
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Pelosi: A House Democratic majority is “very doable” this November
Optimism. Well… her confidence, at least, is compelling. From the WashTimes: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi isn’t a mathematician, but on Wednesday she shared with reporters an intricate...
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Sununu on DNC venue switcheroo: “You can’t believe a thing this...
Shots fired. After this morning’s news that the Democrats are now planning to move Obama’s convention speech from the outdoor, 70,000-capacity Bank of America football stadium to the indoor,...
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