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MITT ROMNEY’S CORONATION is getting underway today at the Republican National Convention.
Although Romney secured the nomination as the Republican presidential candidate months ago this is merely a formality in which state delegates affirm his nomination.
Romney has flown in early to the three-day event, which has already been cut short a day due to Hurricane Isaac.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus opened the convention on Monday afternoon and immediately put it in recess until Tuesday.
Even though the storm has passed Tampa, Florida, CNN reports that Republicans in attendance are wary about giving the perception of a “celebratory convention atmosphere with colourful balloons and soaring rhetoric” given the situation with Hurricane Isaac and the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The convention’s events include speeches by Romney’s wife, Ann, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a mysterious “to be announced” speaker scheduled to speak on Thursday.
Speculation in Tampa over who the “to be announced” speaker is has The Wall Street Journal questioning if it could be Sarah Palin.
The convention will culminate with Romney’s nationally televised acceptance speech on Thursday.
According to The Chicago Tribune this will be one of the biggest addresses of his political career.
Meanwhile, demonstrators have been marching through the streets of Tampa to protest against the Convention:
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A lot of hot air in USA this weekend so…
Florida’s average intelligence is going to nosedive.
No, the obama supporters are mostly in california and new york
Well anywhere Michele Bachmann goes the average drops into negative figures. :-p
The Republican Party are like the pay day lenders. Do not help the less well off just send in the money lenders and let good ole friend make a profit. May it rain on their parade.
I wonder would Isaac be kind enough to pay them a visit.
@ Bilboa.. Hopefully!! ;)
The RNC is a complete sham..romney is a puppet for the establishment and their chroneys.They bent over backwards and have broken thier own rules in order to push out the only man who can beat obama because he threatens there positions of power..RON PAUL,a legend
Can’t stand the Republicans. Right wing nutjobs. And remember, a lot that happens in the states(economic ideas, social policy, zeitguist) eventually makes it over here. Down with this sort of thing.
They need to have Ireland at the heart of their campaign. For example, US support for Ireland as well as a constitution backing the reunification of Ireland. November 2011 will be a very close election.
Yeah, especially since it was last year or are we talking about a different planet altogether?
Half of the Republicans can’t even spell Ireland,let alone find it on the map.
Irelands best years happened when there was a republican in the white house,ye were all rolling in it and then ye fecked it up yourselves,it almost funny…Hows yer O’Bama working out for ye’s,another four years of him he will have all the american corporations thats in Ireland heading home to the usa .And ye think ye have bad now.
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