Two people removed from RNC after taunting black camera operator  —  Tampa, Florida (CNN) - Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera operator and said, “This is how we feed animals.”

Yahoo News fires David Chalian  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac …

Romney Party Yacht Flies Cayman Islands Flag  —  The yacht where the elite donors of the Romney Victory Council are partying in Tampa bears the flag of the Cayman Islands.  Romney's use of offshore accounts for his investments has come under fire during the campaign.

Romney gets bump from first full day at Republican convention  —  After a day of action at the Republican convention in Tampa, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is looking better to voters.  —  Romney's image has received a five-point bump after the convention's first day …

Federal Judge Will Permanently Remove Florida Voter Registration Restrictions  —  A federal judge said Wednesday he would permanently remove harsh restrictions on third-party voter registration groups that have handicapped registration efforts in Florida this year.

MSNBC abandons GOP convention during every speech by a minority  —  One of the left's favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist.  —  If you were watching MSNBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention …

Fact checking the GOP Convention's opening night  —  “I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success.  He built it.”  —  Can an entire convention be built around a grammatical error?  —  We wondered about that as we watched the first night of Republican Convention.

Obama has small lead in Nevada  —  PPP's newest Nevada poll finds Barack Obama holding on to a small lead in the state over Mitt Romney, 50-47.  Obama's advantage has been declining over the course of the year.  In late March we found him up 8 points, in early June it was down to 6 points, and now the advantage is at 3.

Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past ‘Their Biases’  —  Tampa, Fla. -Ann Romney's convention speech was directly aimed at wooing female voters, but at a lunch event Wednesday she changed her focus and pitched her husband to Hispanic voters, a voting bloc that is especially important …

Obama's Reddit AMA: The Full Questions and Answers  —  The president answered questions on the popular social media site Wednesday afternoon.  Here's what he had to say.  —  The full thread from President Obama's Reddit “Ask Me Anything” thread is here, but if you just want the questions …

Rice heckled at convention event  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was twice interrupted on Wednesday by hecklers who were protesting her role in the Bush administration that began the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  —  The interruptions, which came hours …

Akin's Options  —  One name that is never mentioned from the podium here at the Tampa convention is Congressman Todd Akin, the hyper-controversial GOP Senate nominee from Missouri.  But in innumerable side conversations, lots of folks are talking about him.

S.C. lawmaker admits positive response to racist email on voter ID bill  —  WASHINGTON — A South Carolina lawmaker and the author of a voter ID law considered discriminatory by the Justice Department testified in federal court Tuesday that, while crafting the bill, he had responded favorably …

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The 10 oddest items in the GOP platform  —  Any party platform is necessarily a compromise between a number of different interest groups.  Inevitably, there are always some odd or puzzling policy planks that make it in.  Here are 10 of the more unexpected items from this year's Republican platform:

Speculation swirls around GOP convention mystery guest  —  Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012: Mitt Romney hugs wife Ann after she delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention on n Tampa, Fla.AP  —  TAMPA, FLA. - Will Clint Eastwood make the Republicans' day?  —  Or maybe Sarah Palin?