<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - tim-pawlenty</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/tim-pawlenty</link><description>Newsvine - tim-pawlenty</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:26:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:43:40 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>David Axelrod Surprised by Romney Campaign's Missed Opportunities</title>
<description><![CDATA[Obama&rsquo;s top election strategist tells a Chicago audience he was surprised Mitt Romney&rsquo;s team did not attack Obama more, stuck so narrowly with their base&mdash;and chose Paul Ryan for VP.

David Alexrod with President Obama (Photo Courtesy The White House)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15490982-david-axelrod-surprised-by-romney-campaigns-missed-opportunities</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15490982-david-axelrod-surprised-by-romney-campaigns-missed-opportunities</guid><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rob-portman</category><category>chris-wallace</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>daily-beast</category><category>david-maraniss</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>northwestern-university-mitt-romnay</category><category>david-axwlrod</category><category>and-andrew-sullivan</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:50:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jerry6116EA20017-3A37-F5EA-FE27-1A14B051F924.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jerry6116EA20017-3A37-F5EA-FE27-1A14B051F924.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Pawlenty: Voters picked Obama for 'leadership' not 'gifts'</title>
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Speaking to C-SPAN on Friday, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) contradicted failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney&rsquo;s assessment of why he lost to President Barack Obama, saying that voters picked Obama for &ldquo;leadership considerations,&rdquo; not f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15254969-pawlenty-voters-picked-obama-for-leadership-not-gifts</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15254969-pawlenty-voters-picked-obama-for-leadership-not-gifts</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:09:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123642E1778C8-59FB-B1C2-50AF-00038714E550.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123642E1778C8-59FB-B1C2-50AF-00038714E550.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republicans Run The WORST Candidates … I Won't Even Mention the Magic Underpants | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ugh! Republicans run the worst candidates. I have conservative friends  and family members, and they are close to donning sackcloth and ashes in  despair over Mitt Romney. In their opinion, his only redeeming quality  is that he is &ldquo;not Barack Obama.&rdquo; You have to do b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14124650-republicans-run-the-worst-candidates-i-wont-even-mention-the-magic-underpants-addicting-info</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14124650-republicans-run-the-worst-candidates-i-wont-even-mention-the-magic-underpants-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>john-bolton</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>donald-trump</category><category>roy-moore</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>buddy-roemer</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>fail</category><category>crazy-eyes</category><category>herman-cain</category><category>fundies</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>mitch-daniels</category><category>dominionists</category><category>former-new-york-mayor-rudy-giuliani</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><category>jon-huntsman</category><category>andy-martin</category><category>tom-miller</category><category>gary-johnson</category><category>election-2012</category><category>thad-mccotter</category><category>jimmy-mcmillan</category><category>fred-karger</category><category>2012-republican-primary</category><category>2012-republican-race</category><category>2012-republican-primaries</category><category>jon-greenspon</category><category>tealibangelicals</category><category>top-republican-contenders</category><category>vern-wuensche</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:51:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite37752104-BE9E-7C7A-8E3B-17F49379039C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite37752104-BE9E-7C7A-8E3B-17F49379039C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former Romney Campaign Chairman Turned Bank Lobbyist: Banks Should Regulate Themselves | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Governor and unsuccessful presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty announced yesterday that he&nbsp;was stepping down&nbsp;as co-chairman of the Romney campaign in order to take over the top spot at the Financial Services Roundtable, a lobbying group that represents t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14018777-former-romney-campaign-chairman-turned-bank-lobbyist-banks-should-regulate-themselves-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14018777-former-romney-campaign-chairman-turned-bank-lobbyist-banks-should-regulate-themselves-thinkprogress</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>politics</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>privacy-policies</category><category>mitt-romney8217-s</category><category>thinkprogress-privacy-policy</category><category>thinkprogress-terms</category><category>tp-economy</category><category>tp-economy-next</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:34:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800CCF4B71C-EAD3-65A7-004A-3BC229DC7A0C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800CCF4B71C-EAD3-65A7-004A-3BC229DC7A0C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former Romney Campaign Chairman Turned Bank Lobbyist: Banks Should Regulate Themselves</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Governor and unsuccessful presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty announced yesterday that he was stepping down as co-chairman of the Romney campaign in order to take over the top spot at the Financial Services Roundtable, a lobbying group that represents the largest&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Batty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roy Batty]]></source><link>http://roybatty.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14016307-former-romney-campaign-chairman-turned-bank-lobbyist-banks-should-regulate-themselves</link><guid>http://roybatty.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14016307-former-romney-campaign-chairman-turned-bank-lobbyist-banks-should-regulate-themselves</guid><category>business</category><category>wall-street</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:21:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=roybatty1FCFD18C-1C99-CDD4-060F-8CFFD8A0B8E9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=roybatty1FCFD18C-1C99-CDD4-060F-8CFFD8A0B8E9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pawlenty quits Romney to represent the richest and most powerful players in the U.S. economy in their effort to dismantle Wall Street regulations</title>
<description><![CDATA[
By Andrew Leonard: It seems like a lifetime ago, but at one point, Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, seemed to have a decent shot at becoming president. In a field of loons and crazies, Pawlenty&rsquo;s biggest drawback was merely his extraordinary blandness.
But&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14011929-pawlenty-quits-romney-to-represent-the-richest-and-most-powerful-players-in-the-us-economy-in-their-effort-to-dismantle-wall-street-regulations</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14011929-pawlenty-quits-romney-to-represent-the-richest-and-most-powerful-players-in-the-us-economy-in-their-effort-to-dismantle-wall-street-regulations</guid><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>united-states</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>republican</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>2012-election</category><category>2012-elections</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:37:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozCBA0598B-A165-6588-4571-77662539483C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozCBA0598B-A165-6588-4571-77662539483C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney suffers fresh blow as campaign co-chair Tim Pawlenty quits, sparking accusations of 'deserting a sinking ship.'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Tim Pawlenty, a close ally who was on Mr Romney's vice presidential shortlist, left his post to become the chief lobbyist for America's banking industry.
The news came during the Republican hopeful's worst campaign week so far and coincided with an attempt to restyle himself a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13993322-mitt-romney-suffers-fresh-blow-as-campaign-co-chair-tim-pawlenty-quits-sparking-accusations-of-deserting-a-sinking-ship</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13993322-mitt-romney-suffers-fresh-blow-as-campaign-co-chair-tim-pawlenty-quits-sparking-accusations-of-deserting-a-sinking-ship</guid><category>us</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>united-states</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>republican</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>2012-election</category><category>2012-elections</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:26:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz7CFC391E-2127-D5F8-CBA8-6CC603210C08.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz7CFC391E-2127-D5F8-CBA8-6CC603210C08.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tim Pawlenty Becomes Bank Lobbyist, Steps Down As Mitt Romney's National Co-Chair</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, one of Mitt Romney's most reliable surrogates, is stepping down as national co-chair of the GOP presidential nominee's campaign and taking a lucrative job on K Street.
On Thursday, the Financial Services Roundtable announced that Pawlenty &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex, Lou KY]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alex, Lou KY]]></source><link>http://alexcroley.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13988686-tim-pawlenty-becomes-bank-lobbyist-steps-down-as-mitt-romneys-national-co-chair</link><guid>http://alexcroley.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13988686-tim-pawlenty-becomes-bank-lobbyist-steps-down-as-mitt-romneys-national-co-chair</guid><category>elections</category><category>politics</category><category>2012</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=alexcroleyAC042F24-3E39-E6D7-D9D9-3B18BCD57A74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=alexcroleyAC042F24-3E39-E6D7-D9D9-3B18BCD57A74.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Financial Services Roundtable tabs Pawlenty as CEO</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Financial Services Roundtable, a trade group representing 100 of the world's biggest financial companies, on Thursday named former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty its new president and CEO.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13986894-financial-services-roundtable-tabs-pawlenty-as-ceo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13986894-financial-services-roundtable-tabs-pawlenty-as-ceo</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>financial-services-roundtable</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:58:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pawlenty resigns from Romney campaign to lobby</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has resigned as a national co-chairman of Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to lobby for Wall Street. He has also ruled out a run for governor or Senate in Minnesota in 2014.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13986194-pawlenty-resigns-from-romney-campaign-to-lobby</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13986194-pawlenty-resigns-from-romney-campaign-to-lobby</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>romney</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:18:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pawlenty raps Obama as the 'tattoo president'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says Barack Obama is the tattoo president]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13555732-pawlenty-raps-obama-as-the-tattoo-president</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13555732-pawlenty-raps-obama-as-the-tattoo-president</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>cvn</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:35:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NOW THE HARD PART</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sally Buzbee, AP Washington bureau chief on assignment in Tampa, Fla., sums up the Republican National Convention on its closing evening:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13510350-now-the-hard-part</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13510350-now-the-hard-part</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>new-orleans</category><category>white-house</category><category>stevie-wonder</category><category>politics</category><category>convention</category><category>watch</category><category>david-letterman</category><category>gulf-coast</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>state-condoleezza-rice</category><category>west-virginians</category><category>republican-party</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>republican-national-committee</category><category>donald-trump</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>jesus-christ</category><category>jeb-bush</category><category>uncle-sam</category><category>tim-russert</category><category>democratic-national-convention</category><category>winter-games</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>us-news</category><category>black-eyed-peas</category><category>fox-news-channel</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>american-dream</category><category>rnc</category><category>mike-huckabee</category><category>latter-day-saints</category><category>rob-portman</category><category>star-spangled-banner"</category><category>florida-legislature</category><category>republican-national-convention</category><category>tropical-storm-isaac</category><category>hurricane-isaac</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>american-samoa</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>as-mitt-romney</category><category>downtown-tampa</category><category>ann-romney</category><category>tim-scott</category><category>some-republican</category><category>cvn</category><category>latino-republican</category><category>maybe-mitt-romney</category><category>actor-jon-voight</category><category>republication-national-convention</category><category>associated-press-gfk</category><category>jan-brewer</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>chris-christie</category><category>john-kasich</category><category>jane-castor</category><category>gotta-feeling"</category><category>new-jersey-born</category><category>ap-washington</category><category>jay-carney</category><category>eric-fehrnstrom</category><category>mitt-romney"</category><category>republican-party-chairman-reince-priebus</category><category>tampa-mayor-bob-buckhorn</category><category>convention-watch</category><category>hurricane-gop</category><category>but-herman-cain</category><category>many-republican-national-convention</category><category>democratic-los-angeles-mayor-antonio-villaragosa</category><category>democratic-los-angeles-mayor-antonio-villaraigosa</category><category>tropical-storm-turned-hurricane-isaac</category><category>southern-hemisphere"</category><category>built-it"</category><category>one-new-england</category><category>tampa-convention-center</category><category>what-republican</category><category>as-paul-ryan</category><category>sunshine-state"</category><category>republican-naitonal-convention</category><category>surprise-clint-eastwood</category><category>stern-faced-romney</category><category>beside-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:01:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c01de77-f76c-4bc9-8f28-f4b802285d3e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c01de77-f76c-4bc9-8f28-f4b802285d3e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House after returning from Camp David on Marine One helicopter, Sunday, Aug., 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05c25ddf-cf67-43de-ab39-eeb27c70787b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05c25ddf-cf67-43de-ab39-eeb27c70787b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Delegates watch a video presentation during an abbreviated session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=462b2d48-c9c6-40bc-9080-10f8237f82d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=462b2d48-c9c6-40bc-9080-10f8237f82d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A boy plays in the surf in waves ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac in Orange Beach, Ala., Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0f83469-f24b-4b74-80e9-73be6291a98a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0f83469-f24b-4b74-80e9-73be6291a98a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush looks at the convention floor from the podium during a microphone check at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bd75d80d-4ae3-4c3a-8fcf-8e3a2e3620ed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bd75d80d-4ae3-4c3a-8fcf-8e3a2e3620ed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ingrid Fuhriman from Bellevue, Wash., and Natalie Lavering from Lake Stevens, Wash., cheer as they watch a video presentation during an abbreviated session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84a076a2-ff9c-49f7-8665-ee3902776862.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84a076a2-ff9c-49f7-8665-ee3902776862.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Secret Service agent stand on the stage after an abbreviated session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=291f890a-b8a8-45b6-9dd1-a51c047c445c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="351" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=291f890a-b8a8-45b6-9dd1-a51c047c445c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrators bathe in the rain before a protest march, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. Hundreds of protestors gathered in a park in Tampa to march in demonstration against the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=89ee6631-87ea-40d6-a9d7-85f76b1319fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=89ee6631-87ea-40d6-a9d7-85f76b1319fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man runs back from the end of a jetty as waves whipped up by Tropical Storm Isaac crash around him in Bal Harbour, Fla. Forecasters predicted Isaac would intensify into a Category 1 hurricane later Monday or Tuesday with top sustained winds of between 74 and 95 mph. The center of its projected path took Isaac directly toward New Orleans on Wednesday, but hurricane warnings extended across some 330 miles from Morgan City, La., to Destin, Fla. It could become the first hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast since 2008. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f5caf8a-7ec1-4132-a51f-c5cc6220861f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f5caf8a-7ec1-4132-a51f-c5cc6220861f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Republican presidential hopeful, businessman Herman Cain speaks during a Unity Rally Sunday Aug. 26, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=828cb8ba-e9ac-4327-8ed0-3fbb02901f80.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="398" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=828cb8ba-e9ac-4327-8ed0-3fbb02901f80.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrators march through the streets of Tampa, Fla., to protest the Republican National Convention on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9da93bcb-0aca-45a1-b850-ae26637bfbb2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="205" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9da93bcb-0aca-45a1-b850-ae26637bfbb2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In the dimmed lights, state delagate signs are seen on the convention floor after an abbreviated session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012.(AP Photo/David Goldman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=815e72ab-1f64-49ec-abd4-9c62b109456d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=815e72ab-1f64-49ec-abd4-9c62b109456d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrators march through the streets of Tampa, Fla., to protest the Republican National Convention on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a900497-f58e-4cf7-84bf-055f736dfb99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a900497-f58e-4cf7-84bf-055f736dfb99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, arrive to board their plane to Tampa with one of their grandchildren on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 in Bedford, Mass.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7f22d47-fb4d-4a61-9c11-d6abf7364168.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7f22d47-fb4d-4a61-9c11-d6abf7364168.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., waves as he follows his wife Janna as they board the campaign charter  at the Southern Wisconsin regional airport, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in  Janesville, Wis.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f4c143b-f9a0-4bb4-94db-3900be9bf24c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f4c143b-f9a0-4bb4-94db-3900be9bf24c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama walks on stage to speak for a campaign event at Iowa State University, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0758e809-fccd-4139-860e-e7e25441e364.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0758e809-fccd-4139-860e-e7e25441e364.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus makes an opening statement during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1b595a2-49e1-4320-ae65-74966c6ef358.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1b595a2-49e1-4320-ae65-74966c6ef358.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ann Romney, wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, looks over the main stage during a sound check, as Stuart Stevens, senior advisor for Romney campaign, right, watches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fcddf9f-bf5c-451f-b01a-0056d038280c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fcddf9f-bf5c-451f-b01a-0056d038280c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Texas delegate Clint Moore and the rest of Texas delegates fashion their cowboy hats at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad7cde88-eb92-43f8-af98-f189eba24f87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad7cde88-eb92-43f8-af98-f189eba24f87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Delegates from the state of Georgia applaud after casting their votes for presidential candidate Mitt Romneyduring the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f467549a-6b83-4f37-9c42-ba3cdef75f71.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f467549a-6b83-4f37-9c42-ba3cdef75f71.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Owner of the restaurant Fresh Jeff Morzella checks his email, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. It's supposed to be an honor to be picked as the host city of a presidential nominating convention. But so far, a combination of nasty weather, tight security that blocks off streets and a delay in convention activities has left Tampa's streets deserted, its restaurants nearly empty. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba1e9e63-a68a-4ecc-8945-2416c178dac3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba1e9e63-a68a-4ecc-8945-2416c178dac3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann, second right, listens as Minnesota delegates casts their vote during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=758ffc81-3d75-45c0-adae-e0b131ffe1cf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=758ffc81-3d75-45c0-adae-e0b131ffe1cf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ann Romney, wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, looks over the main stage during a sound check, as Stuart Stevens, senior advisor for Romney campaign, right, watches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e91b30ea-c567-4a87-99e0-79f3f0d28a34.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e91b30ea-c567-4a87-99e0-79f3f0d28a34.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;El alcalde de Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, asiste a un acto del ayuntamiento en esta fotografía de archivo del 30 de noviembre de 2011. Villaraigosa dijo el martes 28 de agosto de 2012 que la decisión de los republicanos de llevar oradores latinos a su convención nacional no funcionará para atraer votos hispanos. (Foto AP/Reed Saxon, archivo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b103114c-c912-4dfd-9afb-f927b144694e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b103114c-c912-4dfd-9afb-f927b144694e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flashes a tubs up as he announces the results of the voting that nominates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Offcie of President of the United States during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6b1c065-dfb9-4c78-9301-d3d0f7906020.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6b1c065-dfb9-4c78-9301-d3d0f7906020.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chairman of the Republican National Convention Reince Priebus addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a699e567-5b4a-415f-b9c5-efec45e4138e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a699e567-5b4a-415f-b9c5-efec45e4138e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor Jon Voight arrives on the floor of  the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The actor and conservative activist popped into the Republican National Convention's Google hangout, taking questions live on video from a couple of party faithful. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f50330f9-6dd8-40df-8c58-a8085a5ca7a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f50330f9-6dd8-40df-8c58-a8085a5ca7a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=555bf6bb-12be-442e-b06f-87fa27c535aa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=555bf6bb-12be-442e-b06f-87fa27c535aa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Will.I.Am, with Black Eyed Peas, sings at Nasa's  Jet Propulsion Laboratory Tuesday Aug. 28, 2012, in Pasadena, Calif. The NASA rover Curiosity beamed to Earth his new song &quot;Reach for the Stars&quot; on Tuesday in the first music broadcast from another planet, to the delight of students who gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to listen. Earlier, engineers uploaded the song to the rover, which landed near the equator of Mars, and played it back &amp;#8212; a journey of some 700 million miles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18792a2b-a1f4-4504-b897-848c89eb6143.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18792a2b-a1f4-4504-b897-848c89eb6143.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Small business owner Phil Archuletta addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bad5e48-247a-4dbe-9daf-d70601ab62fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bad5e48-247a-4dbe-9daf-d70601ab62fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum flashes a thumbs up during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a79d2cbf-20e3-48ee-b004-fc2c9edb8a6b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a79d2cbf-20e3-48ee-b004-fc2c9edb8a6b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Washington delegates dance on the floor during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0752d636-ecb7-40d9-934b-702a61cc23fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0752d636-ecb7-40d9-934b-702a61cc23fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum addresses candidates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f26527c-3273-4b92-a72e-c7ecf76e31f7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f26527c-3273-4b92-a72e-c7ecf76e31f7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum waves to candidates after his speech during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85b4a565-bc7a-4d1a-a2f1-e9410567944d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85b4a565-bc7a-4d1a-a2f1-e9410567944d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=897e9fa8-8b18-42e1-abc4-cf707d5a7a55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=897e9fa8-8b18-42e1-abc4-cf707d5a7a55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, watch the Republican National Convention from their hotel room on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 in Tampa, Fla.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f835ad2-2d57-4584-826f-c04c24d4d896.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f835ad2-2d57-4584-826f-c04c24d4d896.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CORRECTS LAST NAME TO CRUZ INSTEAD OF CRUX - Senate candidate Ted Cruz, of Texas, addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04e168cc-fac6-4e19-ac9f-2f776e1aeee2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04e168cc-fac6-4e19-ac9f-2f776e1aeee2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ann Romney, wife of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7076ba2-e5f7-46d2-bace-abee2216bfd5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7076ba2-e5f7-46d2-bace-abee2216bfd5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New Jersey Governor Chris Christie address the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17406907-0f65-4ee4-aefe-8c9b1f231c58.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="368" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17406907-0f65-4ee4-aefe-8c9b1f231c58.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ann Romney, wife of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=888354e7-f114-48d3-9860-29caa4adbdf8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=888354e7-f114-48d3-9860-29caa4adbdf8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., speaks to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55dd1e4c-f320-4afe-aace-b8b7c1d20f60.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55dd1e4c-f320-4afe-aace-b8b7c1d20f60.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann wave to delegates following her speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fca67244-ca08-44e7-8531-b06314642616.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fca67244-ca08-44e7-8531-b06314642616.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 25, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks as vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens during a campaign rally in Powell, Ohio. Romney and Ryan are the political worlds newest odd couple. Theyre bound by substance, but dramatically different in their styles. The running mates share a love of policy, and a fascination with the worlds economy and Americas place in it. But where Romney is buttoned-up and reserved on the campaign trail, Ryan is relaxed and exudes a natural enthusiasm. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3334a74f-63fc-4899-981c-4beda490a327.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3334a74f-63fc-4899-981c-4beda490a327.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney boards a plane at the Tampa International Jet Center, in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, for a campaign trip to Indianapolis.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abfbe84a-c9cd-4cf5-9f71-9d7d4da849f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abfbe84a-c9cd-4cf5-9f71-9d7d4da849f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One before his departure from the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport in Loveland, Colo., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.  (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2fe1e4df-3944-4e54-9401-9e6792c3f7ff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2fe1e4df-3944-4e54-9401-9e6792c3f7ff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. gestures during a walk through ahead of his delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Tampa, Fla.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62edffc8-220c-4f19-89f1-47574b6d9658.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62edffc8-220c-4f19-89f1-47574b6d9658.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the American Legion National Convention, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Indianapolis.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf902cfd-6096-44f1-bdca-f05a497e32fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf902cfd-6096-44f1-bdca-f05a497e32fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. gestures during a walk through ahead of his delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbaafa0a-97e5-47d0-9699-6a707b1ae619.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbaafa0a-97e5-47d0-9699-6a707b1ae619.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and wife Janna appear on stage at the Wisconsin delegation's Beers and Brats event, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Tampa, Fla.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1fa5053b-e0e9-421d-8128-dcf3e8d02f95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1fa5053b-e0e9-421d-8128-dcf3e8d02f95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sean Gregg a demonstrator walks during a protest, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. Protestors gathered in Tampa to march in demonstration against the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7f92cc2-d00b-43b4-98ae-42e7b66ea951.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7f92cc2-d00b-43b4-98ae-42e7b66ea951.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., picks up the gavel after a sound check on the main stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. 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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4c8bd5d-58cc-4a1c-80df-b70b48789e7a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4c8bd5d-58cc-4a1c-80df-b70b48789e7a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., salutes before addressing the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. 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(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba93c476-a59b-4a6d-8487-2a17891aa81d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba93c476-a59b-4a6d-8487-2a17891aa81d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;South Dakota Senator John Thune gestures to the delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abf00850-6fc7-4bc6-ad2a-7d019ac1c708.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abf00850-6fc7-4bc6-ad2a-7d019ac1c708.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kentucky Senator Rand Paul speaks to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91a1bb98-4c99-4405-a109-ca87ea112afb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91a1bb98-4c99-4405-a109-ca87ea112afb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. 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(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1c4c715-96b2-4c22-9264-65de4690c49b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="379" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a1c4c715-96b2-4c22-9264-65de4690c49b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a03e5aac-322e-49f0-8795-8dfe42ec7a14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a03e5aac-322e-49f0-8795-8dfe42ec7a14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney watches the Republican National Convention with his grandchildren from his hotel room on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Tampa, Fla.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5ca0f8a-8ab5-46ae-acb5-2a630ac316e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5ca0f8a-8ab5-46ae-acb5-2a630ac316e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan waves before speaking to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b290dbbb-5ef0-4c4b-855e-031ed7677f91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b290dbbb-5ef0-4c4b-855e-031ed7677f91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan waves toward the delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. 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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=825e935a-0d24-4f9a-bedb-466ee9b01c4d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=825e935a-0d24-4f9a-bedb-466ee9b01c4d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Paul Ryan, candidato a vicepresidente por el Partido Republicano, pronuncia un discurso durante la Convención Nacional Republicana en Tampa, Florida, el miércoles 29 de agosto de 2012. Ryan es el compañero de fórmula de Mitt Romney para las elecciones de noviembre.  (Foto AP/J. 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(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f45e5edd-dc2e-47ca-9ba8-36cad31f43cd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f45e5edd-dc2e-47ca-9ba8-36cad31f43cd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan accompanied by his children Lia and Sam waves to delegates after his acceptance speech during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. 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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02c7c19a-1dc7-4686-8a5a-5a4d362219cd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02c7c19a-1dc7-4686-8a5a-5a4d362219cd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ohio Senator Rob Portman addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. 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The Republican Partys next generation of leaders were in deep supply at the GOPs national convention as they positioned for future national roles and, perhaps, even their own shot at the White House in four or eight years.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db8ea018-c268-4be0-ba0d-1232e284e579.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db8ea018-c268-4be0-ba0d-1232e284e579.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama shrugs during a rally in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.  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(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b595dbd-29f9-4a1f-a0e0-552416d2103d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="331" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b595dbd-29f9-4a1f-a0e0-552416d2103d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stagehands make final adjustments to the expanded stage where Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will accept his party's nomination later tonight a the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/J. 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Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f59c1098-fc63-4a83-96ea-7197b6208020.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f59c1098-fc63-4a83-96ea-7197b6208020.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor Clint Eastwood speaks to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa3478f1-480e-4222-a0cc-fdf45e6b04c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa3478f1-480e-4222-a0cc-fdf45e6b04c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor Clint Eastwood addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5714f4c0-ca7d-4281-b8c2-7c06838c0514.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5714f4c0-ca7d-4281-b8c2-7c06838c0514.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor Clint Eastwood speaks to an empty chair while addressed delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d2cbd23d-ee23-408b-bb03-ff143f5bfb7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="463" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d2cbd23d-ee23-408b-bb03-ff143f5bfb7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves to delegates before speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fe4df63-916a-4248-a8dc-a71e0d0d0549.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="481" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fe4df63-916a-4248-a8dc-a71e0d0d0549.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor Clint Eastwood bows after speaking to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c1ab3d72-f4e1-456b-9b57-98d0bef8f970.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c1ab3d72-f4e1-456b-9b57-98d0bef8f970.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shakes hands of delegates before speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.  (AP Photo/David Goldman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc4752f0-f1e6-4042-9313-8b14a0f7cb53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc4752f0-f1e6-4042-9313-8b14a0f7cb53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A protesters hold up banners during Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's speech during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a70f01c-1e8c-4bc9-aa9f-c37fd19ddf19.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a70f01c-1e8c-4bc9-aa9f-c37fd19ddf19.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney acknowledges delegates before speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.  (AP Photo/David Goldman) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc992ac5-f57a-4b3a-a340-428aae35835d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc992ac5-f57a-4b3a-a340-428aae35835d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mitt Romney accepts the nomination as the Republican candidate for U.S. president during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a121ff1c-9b9d-423e-a2c7-650f53910418.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="470" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a121ff1c-9b9d-423e-a2c7-650f53910418.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3a1a870-3c85-4442-90d0-24e88998ea89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3a1a870-3c85-4442-90d0-24e88998ea89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c11a1b48-ce16-49d5-a8da-b8720b0fcb0a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c11a1b48-ce16-49d5-a8da-b8720b0fcb0a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney acknowledges delegates before speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=081473d0-0544-4417-ae97-65cb40d1b2a9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=081473d0-0544-4417-ae97-65cb40d1b2a9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan, left and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves to delegates after his speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae91dd67-9d53-4613-851a-71b16c0d923b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="430" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae91dd67-9d53-4613-851a-71b16c0d923b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="129" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Balloons fall as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan's families take the stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fcd6acc4-fd35-4b5c-8011-0879b1009ec5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fcd6acc4-fd35-4b5c-8011-0879b1009ec5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney joined by Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan, waves to delegates after speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50684f66-2617-47f3-b8d0-5d51bdd05191.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50684f66-2617-47f3-b8d0-5d51bdd05191.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan and presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves as the balloons begin to fall during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98650443-acb2-4a5b-92e5-aeda11e85904.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98650443-acb2-4a5b-92e5-aeda11e85904.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves to delegates after his speech during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>VIDEO: ROMNEY DEMANDED 'SEVERAL' YEARS OF TAX RETURNS FROM POTENTIAL VP CANDIDATES</title>
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Former Minnesota governor and Mitt Romney surrogate Tim Pawlenty was caught off guard when asked how many years of tax returns he had to turn over to the Republican campaign...
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13258391-video-romney-demanded-several-years-of-tax-returns-from-potential-vp-candidates</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/13/13258391-video-romney-demanded-several-years-of-tax-returns-from-potential-vp-candidates</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>election-news</category><category>prior-tax-returns</category><category>vetting-of-a-vice-president-by-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:04:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499DB2D3388-0FB0-BB83-05D0-474BDE1A674E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="146" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499DB2D3388-0FB0-BB83-05D0-474BDE1A674E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pawlenty stumps for Romney as Ryan named No. 2</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty kept right on campaigning for Mitt Romney after he was passed over once again as a vice presidential candidate on Saturday, praising pick Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as a "bold thinker" and vowing to do "all I can" to help the Republican ticket win.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Martiga Lohn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/11/13233635-pawlenty-stumps-for-romney-as-ryan-named-no-2</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/11/13233635-pawlenty-stumps-for-romney-as-ryan-named-no-2</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>presidential</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>romney-paul-ryan</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:26:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Paul Abrams: Prediction: Romney Will Not be the Republican Nominee</title>
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Hence, I am now prepared to go beyond my suggestions that the Republicans would not give him the nomination to a firm prediction: Romney will not be the 2012 Republican nominee for president. (He may be the "retroactive 2008 nominee" as Darrell Issa, who also cannot run for hig&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12904578-paul-abrams-prediction-romney-will-not-be-the-republican-nominee</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12904578-paul-abrams-prediction-romney-will-not-be-the-republican-nominee</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>irs</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>politics-news</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>michelle-bachmann</category><category>amnest</category><category>swiss-bank-accounts</category><category>darrell-issa</category><category>cayman-islands-accounts</category><category>retroactive-nominee</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:58:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=killfileAF619D00-982F-50A3-DBD5-9D30469D5A5E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=killfileAF619D00-982F-50A3-DBD5-9D30469D5A5E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pawlenty: Mitt Romney has 'paid a lot of taxes'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is defending Mitt Romney's refusal to release more of his income tax returns, arguing "there is no claim or no credible indication" he's done anything wrong.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/18/12808803-pawlenty-mitt-romney-has-paid-a-lot-of-taxes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/18/12808803-pawlenty-mitt-romney-has-paid-a-lot-of-taxes</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:25:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c32db0e-9ce9-4270-90d4-c59657d05d0e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c32db0e-9ce9-4270-90d4-c59657d05d0e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 28, 2011 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate, former Minnesota Gov. Tim  Pawlenty speaks in New York. Pawlenty's reputation as being suitable but not a standout is actually fueling the speculation that the former Minnesota governor is a serious contender in Republican Mitt Romney's search for a running mate.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tony Perkins urges Mitt Romney to pick outspoken abortion critic in private meeting  like Alan West</title>
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Family Research Council president Tony Perkins urged Mitt Romney in a private meeting yesterday to select a running mate who has been outspoken against abortion.
&ldquo;My encouragement to him on a pro-life running mate isn&rsquo;t just somebody who has checked the box [on opp&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12796848-tony-perkins-urges-mitt-romney-to-pick-outspoken-abortion-critic-in-private-meeting-like-alan-west</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12796848-tony-perkins-urges-mitt-romney-to-pick-outspoken-abortion-critic-in-private-meeting-like-alan-west</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>family-research-council</category><category>anti-choice</category><category>tony-perkins</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>bob-mcdonnell</category><category>allen-west</category><category>gop-war-on-women</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:46:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2750C9336-D7D7-64FB-EB35-77E64DAA423F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="169" width="311" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2750C9336-D7D7-64FB-EB35-77E64DAA423F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Being suitable lifts Pawlenty stock in veep hunt</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a presidential hopeful, Tim Pawlenty won respect among GOP insiders, social conservatives and the tea party movement. Far from the first love of any faction, he quickly washed out as a candidate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Bakst]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Bakst]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12694850-being-suitable-lifts-pawlenty-stock-in-veep-hunt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12694850-being-suitable-lifts-pawlenty-stock-in-veep-hunt</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>resurgence</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:38:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c32db0e-9ce9-4270-90d4-c59657d05d0e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c32db0e-9ce9-4270-90d4-c59657d05d0e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 28, 2011 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate, former Minnesota Gov. Tim  Pawlenty speaks in New York. Pawlenty's reputation as being suitable but not a standout is actually fueling the speculation that the former Minnesota governor is a serious contender in Republican Mitt Romney's search for a running mate.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pawlenty to Newsmax: Fight to Overturn Obamacare  'Just Beginning'</title>
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Former Minnesota Governor and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty tells Newsmax it&rsquo;s &ldquo;head-spinning&rdquo; how many times the Obama administration has changed its position on the healthcare reform bill &mdash; and insists that the fight to overturn Obamacare is &ldq&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12566989-pawlenty-to-newsmax-fight-to-overturn-obamacare-just-beginning</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/04/12566989-pawlenty-to-newsmax-fight-to-overturn-obamacare-just-beginning</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>rick-scott</category><category>obaamacare</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2012 00:31:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinB700DDF5-557C-A6E1-8602-2102803E523B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinB700DDF5-557C-A6E1-8602-2102803E523B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pawlenty says to look elsewhere for potential VP</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (puh-LEN'-tee) says he's told Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to look elsewhere for a running mate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12384545-pawlenty-says-to-look-elsewhere-for-potential-vp</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12384545-pawlenty-says-to-look-elsewhere-for-potential-vp</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>pawlenty</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:25:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Incredibly Boring White Guys Find Each Other: M-Ro to Tap T-Paw as V.P.?</title>
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We had always known that Mitt Romney&rsquo;s vice presidential tap would be an &ldquo;incredibly boring white guy,&rdquo; but never in our dullest dreams did we image Tim Pawlenty, he of the goofy videos and nerds-only hockey jersey,  would be an actual forerunner. True story: &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/20/12323320-incredibly-boring-white-guys-find-each-other-m-ro-to-tap-t-paw-as-vp</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/20/12323320-incredibly-boring-white-guys-find-each-other-m-ro-to-tap-t-paw-as-vp</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>minnesota-governor</category><category>2012-election</category><category>gop-vp</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:05:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pawlenty Walks Back Romney's Promise To Veto The DREAM Act </title>
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Following President Obama&rsquo;s announcement on Friday that immigration officials would stop deporting DREAM Act-eligible students, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized Obama for failing to pass comprehensive immigration reform, but has&nbsp;repeatedly refused&nb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/18/12281017-pawlenty-walks-back-romneys-promise-to-veto-the-dream-act</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/18/12281017-pawlenty-walks-back-romneys-promise-to-veto-the-dream-act</guid><category>immigrants</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>illegals</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>dream-act</category><category>election-2012</category><category>president-obama</category><category>marco-rubio</category><category>dream-act-eligible</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:52:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499015722AE-4402-3931-3CFE-533A6033DC37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="165" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499015722AE-4402-3931-3CFE-533A6033DC37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>4 Reasons GOP Presidential Hopefuls Said Mitt Romney Would Be a Disaster | News &amp;amp; Politics | AlterNet</title>
<description><![CDATA[How quickly they want America to forget. For months, the GOP presidential field has attacked Mitt Romney for&nbsp;everything. He&rsquo;s bland, boring, out-of-touch, a political and business insider. He's awkward and insensitive. Moreover, he&rsquo;s insufficiently conservative &&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11507970-4-reasons-gop-presidential-hopefuls-said-mitt-romney-would-be-a-disaster-news-amp-politics-alternet</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11507970-4-reasons-gop-presidential-hopefuls-said-mitt-romney-would-be-a-disaster-news-amp-politics-alternet</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>milton-friedman</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>michelle-bachmann</category><category>jon-huntsman</category><category>bain-capitals</category><category>on-cbs</category><category>salt-lake-city-olympic</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 22:08:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-8004B3F6261-4FE2-B489-BD95-89B1520BBC13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-8004B3F6261-4FE2-B489-BD95-89B1520BBC13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Newt Gingrich Wins Race For Biggest GOP Debt</title>
<description><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich is dropping out of the GOP primary with more debt than any Republican candidate in recent memory who didn&rsquo;t ultimately win their party&rsquo;s nomination.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11410092-newt-gingrich-wins-race-for-biggest-gop-debt</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11410092-newt-gingrich-wins-race-for-biggest-gop-debt</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>craig-holman</category><category>south-carolina-republican-party</category><category>michele-bachmann8217-s</category><category>login-logout-settings-login</category><category>in-gingrich8217-s</category><category>michael-krull</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:12:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-8001E453C31-35E6-5AC4-F655-A5A2B611C6D0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-8001E453C31-35E6-5AC4-F655-A5A2B611C6D0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tim Pawlenty's Birther Ally Calls Obama A Jungle Alien NH House Party</title>
<description><![CDATA[
What Tim Pawlenty is finding out--or maybe he already knew--is that the GOP has descended into a John Birch/John Galt party because of the FOXation of the party and some of its members reveling in racism.
During his recent swing through New Hampshire for CNN's presidential deb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11331314-tim-pawlentys-birther-ally-calls-obama-a-jungle-alien-nh-house-party</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11331314-tim-pawlentys-birther-ally-calls-obama-a-jungle-alien-nh-house-party</guid><category>disabled-children</category><category>politics</category><category>liberals</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>tea-party</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>president-obama</category><category>birthers</category><category>klan-proxies</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:25:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2ABAC9927-D15B-7ED9-B547-60CBAAEB55F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="80" width="97" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2ABAC9927-D15B-7ED9-B547-60CBAAEB55F1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="97" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>