Republican National Convention 2012

The 2012 nomination convention for Republican Party will be held in Tampa, FL from August 27th - 30th. KUNC will be following the events along with The Colorado Statesman and NPR News. The Colorado Statesman is on site in Tampa, you can follow Ernest Luning on Twitter @eluning.

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12:36pm

Fri August 31, 2012
The Two-Way

Debating An Empty Chair? 'Eastwooding' Was A Thing Back In 1924

Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 2:39 pm

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If you've paid any attention to the last day of the Republican National Convention, you've no doubt heard about Clint Eastwood's strange performance in which he laid into President Obama, whom he pretended was sitting in an empty chair.

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9:28am

Fri August 31, 2012
It's All Politics

In Defense Of Tampa

Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 3:46 pm

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It's been a rough week for my adopted hometown.

First, it looked like our worst nightmare would come true: a direct hit from Hurricane Isaac with tens of thousands of visitors in town for the Republican National Convention.

We were spared the worst of Isaac — but then came a raft of snarky stories about Tampa.

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9:16am

Fri August 31, 2012

6:42am

Fri August 31, 2012
It's All Politics

Fact Checkers Ding Romney On A Few Familiar Points

Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 8:01 am

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Among the things the Republican Party's presidential candidate is hearing this morning about the address he gave Thursday night is that "in a speech heavy on anecdotal history but short on policy details, Mitt Romney avoided major falsehoods."

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5:41am

Fri August 31, 2012

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