2012 Conventions live blog
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 12:17:41 AMPlease fact check Senator Ayotte's statement on the growth of regulations under President Obama. #tellthetruth -
by John Berman via twitter 8/29/2012 12:18:32 AMJust met @LizHartfield on the floor. One of America's fine young journalists. -
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Coming up after the break - Sen. Rand Paul reacts to the delegate drama earlier today. Here's what went down.
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 12:20:12 AMWe shall overcome! #prayers “@RoigFranzia: #isaac makes landfall as Cat 1 w/ 80 mph in Plaquemines Parish. Pointed toward New Orleans...”
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by John Berman via twitter 8/29/2012 12:21:16 AMBest accent of night at podium now!!! Turn to NH for some of best Boston accents
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 12:23:10 AM#HurricaneIsaac. Time for a TV break to check with my family in Orleans, St John, Ascension and East John the Baptist parishes. #staysafe
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by Dana Bash via twitter 8/29/2012 12:24:15 AMSounds like Chris Christie may have a a few good men" moment tonite. Sort of. Im told he will say the American people can handle the truth -
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by Dana Bash via twitter 8/29/2012 12:25:47 AMMore Christie nuggets: will say we need to treat people like adults. I'm told he will outline differences in philosophical governance
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by Dana Bash via twitter 8/29/2012 12:27:23 AMI'm told Christie will also discuss some experiences as a gop gov in a blue state..bipartisan accomplishments.
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by Gregory Wallace, CNN via I2.cdn.turner 8/29/2012 12:30:50 AM
Ann Romney is speaking later tonight, and some delegates have their signs ready. CNN's Kevin Bohn reports on the role she plays on the campaign trail: on.cnn.com (Getty Images)
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Here's a blast from the blast - John Kasich almost ran for President back in 2000 - here's the CNN story.
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by Alex Castellanos via twitter 8/29/2012 12:38:18 AMbiggest gaffe in pres history MT @mmurraypolitics: remarkable an entire night is built around "You didn't build that" #NBCPolitics -
At the podium now: Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma. She digs into the president: "President Obama wants us to believe that Oklahomans owe [their] success to the federal government: to the Department of Energy, to the EPA, the IRS or maybe even to him. Mr. President, we know better. As we say in Oklahoma, that dog won't hunt."
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This wasn't the first time the Black Eyed Peas' was played at a presidential convention (though possibly at a Republican convention) --
The Black Eyed Peas' frontman Will.i.am preformed at Invesco Field in Denver before then-Illinois senator Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008
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Fallin is plugging Romney's plan for energy independence, which he rolled out last Thursday: money.cnn.com
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Jim Acosta interviewing Newt Gingrich live on CNN now. Gingrich is doing his own thing at the conventions...take a look at this.
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The "You didn't build that" quote keeps coming up. For reference here's the full remark from President Obama from July 13:
"If you are successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the internet." -
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by Gregory Wallace, CNN via I2.cdn.turner 8/29/2012 12:47:05 AM
At least two Romney sons are in the convention hall. (Getty Images)
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Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia says, "The EPA is now the Employment Prevention Agency." He was at the podium earlier today representing the RNC's Committee on Resolutions, one of several committees which brought procedural business to the convention floor.
