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Republican Convention

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Anti-Obama Trump video MIA at RNC

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans, who heard criticism about actor-director Clint Eastwood's lecture to an empty chair at their recent convention, produced an 'Apprentice'-style Donald Trump video that they never showed to delegates...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney kisses his wife, Ann Romney on stage during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Yahoo fires reporter over Romney joke about 'drowning black people'

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NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo News has fired its Washington bureau chief after he was caught on a microphone saying Mitt Romney and his wife were 'happy to have a party with black people drowning.'
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How will Republicans balance the convention and Isaac?

Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower
FIRST READ - The Ann Romney and Chris Christie speeches will try to accomplish these two different goals: the soft sell of Romney (which is Ann’s role) and the hard sell (which is Christie’s)...
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and Vice Presidential running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speak to supporters on August 25, 2012 in Columbus Grove, Ohio. Romney and Ryan are campaigning together leading up to the Republican National Convention beginning August 27 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney: 'I am who I am'

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Despite badly trailing President Obama in terms of which candidate voters find more likable, Mitt Romney says he's not going to try to win over people through personality...
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'Blacks for Romney' non-existent on campaign website

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney's campaign website contains a stark omission ...
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Condoleezza Rice to speak at RNC

Philip Elliott, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A trio of female firsts and three former GOP presidential contenders are among the first speakers disclosed for August's Republican National Convention...
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Will Cain or Condi get a prime-time RNC speaking slot?

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theGRIO REPORT - Several African-Americans are also popular figures in the GOP and could be slated for major roles at the Republican National Convention...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with people during a campaign event in front of the Bavarian Inn Lodge on June 19, 2012 in Frankenmuth, Michigan. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Romney to attend NAACP convention

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The Hill is reporting that Mitt Romey's campaign has announced that the presidential hopeful will address the crowd at the NAACP annual convention in Houston Texas...
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Bullet-ridden outhouse displays picture of Obama

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The Huffington Post reports at the Montana's State Republican convention this weekend there was a poster of President Obama on the side of a bullet-ridden outhouse...
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AIDS and Me: Hydeia Broadbent's story

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In 1996, her infamous statement at the Republican Convention-- "I am the future and I have AIDS" -- catapulted her and the reality of the disease to national acclaim...
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