Republican Convention News--4.6.12

RPOF: Santorum-McCalister aide holds "delusional fantasy" about Republican rules MiamiHerald.com (blog) 1) Florida, Arizona, and quite possibly Puerto Rico will be proportional rather than Winner Take All. They broke RNC rules by going winner take all before the window and therefore RNC Members and/or the convention will enforce the rules and make the ... See all stories on this topic »

Super PAC poll: Hatch under 60 Politico (blog) The attached memo from our pollster indicates that the race for US Senate at the Utah Republican convention is not a foregone conclusion for Senator Hatch. Today, Senator Hatch barely wins a majority of support from the GOP delegates. See all stories on this topic »

Lavaca County Republican Party announces county convention The Gonzales Cannon By Cannon News Services The Lavaca County Republican Convention is held in even-numbered election years, as part of the statewide and national Republican convention process. The purposes of the convention are to choose delegates and alternates to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Tampa City Council debates "clean zone" for protests at Republican National ... The Republic The Tampa City Council has postponed a vote on the city's proposed ground rules for protests outside the Republican National Convention, so officials can address concerns raised by civil libertarians, Occupy Tampa, protest groups and council members ... See all stories on this topic »

In the Republican backstretch Chicago Tribune They may still dream of a replay of the brokered conventions of 1920 that gave Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio the Democratic nomination on the 44th ballot and Sen. Warren G. Harding of the same state the Republican on the 10th roll call in the storied ... See all stories on this topic »

Tampa Dissed Again for Being Republican National Convention Host WUSF News It's the latest in a series of slights, put-downs and disses Tampa is receiving as it prepares to host the Republican National Convention in August. As proof of our sullenness, Franke-Ruta cites a Gallup poll which shows Tampa Bay residents as the most ... See all stories on this topic »

Lawyers Guild Challenges Tampa City Council Courthouse News Service By MARIMER MATOS TAMPA (CN) - The National Lawyers Guild told the Tampa City Council this week that its proposed ordinance to regulate crowds at the Republican National Convention is unconstitutional. The ordinance bans umbrellas, hoods, and pieces of ... See all stories on this topic »

Outcry obstructs 'clean zone' plan Tbo.com By KEVIN WIATROWSKI | The Tampa Tribune Facing a barrage of concerns about free speech, police over-reach and the city's public image, Tampa City Council on Thursday delayed action on Mayor Bob Buckhorn's proposed Republican National Convention "clean ... See all stories on this topic »

Democrats give special interests a role at convention Los Angeles Times And while the Democrats have set rules for who can finance their convention, the Republicans have not adopted similar restrictions for their convention in Tampa, Fla. "We've done more to promote reform than any convention in history," said Democratic ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times