Republican Convention News--4.7.12

Republican National Convention prepares for tsunami of data Tampabay.com By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer TAMPA — Forget, for a moment, other potential problems for the Republican National Convention: epic traffic jams, rock-throwing protesters, even a hurricane. Instead, picture this: 50000 visitors converge on ... See all stories on this topic » Tampabay.com

Convention delegates, party leaders clash Bismarck Tribune During the North Dakota Republican Party convention a fight emerged on the convention floor between a faction of delegates and party leadership. More than an hour of debate took place by delegates last Saturday over the nomination of delegates to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Santorum plan to poach Romney delegates in caucus states hits wall in North Dakota Washington Post Santorum won North Dakota's Republican presidential caucuses on March 6. But at last weekend's state party convention, Romney ended up with the most supporters among the state's 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention in August. See all stories on this topic »

Rolly: Students will take ACT test amid GOP convention Salt Lake Tribune By paul rolly About 1500 delegates and supporters for numerous legislative candidates will converge at Salem Hills High School for the Utah County Republican Convention on April 14, at the same time 300 high school students will be taking the ACT test ... See all stories on this topic »

Santorum delegate plan hits wall in North Dakota Boston.com Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's plan to use state conventions to pull support from Mitt Romney has stalled in North Dakota, where Romney has the largest group of backers among the state's national convention delegates. See all stories on this topic » Boston.com

Santorum's delegate hopes hit snag in ND USA TODAY By Paul Singer, USA TODAY Although Rick Santorum won North Dakota's Republican presidential caucuses on March 6, the Associated Press reports that at last weekend's state party convention Mitt Romney ended up with the most supporters among the state's ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Santorum delegate plan hits wall in North Dakota Seattle Post Intelligencer DALE WETZEL, AP FILE - In this April 5, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd in Tunkhannock, Pa. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's plan to use state conventions to ... See all stories on this topic »

GOP superdelegates: It's over, Romney is nominee Boston.com That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate they choose. Even some RNC members who support other candidates ... See all stories on this topic » Boston.com

Gingrich keeps campaigning - and keeps drawing an audience CBS News "Even if we still can't get the nomination, we roll into the [Republican National Convention] in Tampa with a brokered convention in the offing," Brooks said. "And if we do that, in the long run I think that can only be good for the party because it's ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll shows Orrin Hatch losing ground with delegates Salt Lake Tribune Orrin Hatch is falling short of the 60 percent of delegate votes that he needs at the Utah Republican Convention to avoid a primary. Hatch now has 50.5 percent of delegate support, according to the poll conducted Monday and Tuesday of 400 delegates by ... See all stories on this topic »