Republican Convention News--4.8.12

Health officials confident in convention plans Tbo.com The downtown, waterfront hospital — with more than 1000 beds and a Level 1 trauma emergency center — will operate as normal during the Republican National Convention Aug. 27-30. It's no different than being ready when a Super Bowl comes to town, ... See all stories on this topic »

What's Rick Santorum's exit strategy, er plan to prevail? Christian Science Monitor Rick Santorum is falling farther and farther behind Mitt Romney in the Republican convention delegate count. To reverse that, he needs to win his home state of Pennsylvania and then the southern states that follow. By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Republican chair whistling in city Virginia Gazette That's not even enough to fill all the delegate and alternate seats the city is allocated in the upcoming Republican Party state convention and the 1st Congressional District Republican convention. The city can elect 16 delegates and 16 alternates to ... See all stories on this topic »

Iron County Republicans gather St. George Daily Spectrum CEDAR CITY - After three rounds of voting, county delegates at Saturday's Iron County Republican Party nominating convention decided Matthew Carling and John Westwood would compete in a June 26 primary election for the state House of Representatives ... See all stories on this topic »

NDGOP begins a full review of procedures In-Forum Dear state convention delegates and alternates: Thank you for attending the North Dakota Republican Convention. Now that our convention is behind us, our most important task is to unite and work hard to elect our Republican candidates in this election ... See all stories on this topic »

Sunday Breakfast Menu, April 8 New York Times (blog) Newt Gingrich is on "Fox News Sunday," where he will offer a look at his plan to take his campaign to the Republican National Convention in August. Also, two members of the Senate Budget Committee — Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Superdelegates: GOP race is over Bryan College Station Eagle By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER AP Support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is growing among the superdelegates, Republican National Committee members who can support any candidate they choose at the party's national convention this summer. See all stories on this topic » Bryan College Station Eagle

Sizzling, sticky days likely await delegates Tbo.com The delegates at the Republican National Convention are going to wish they were at the beach during August's summer days. Slow down. Strenuous activities should be reduced or eliminated. Dress for summer. Lightweight light-colored clothing reflects ... See all stories on this topic »