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                 Romney Heads to Republican National Convention

   by VOA News

   U.S. Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is headed to his
   party's national convention where his wife Ann and his supporters are
   set to make their case to voters why he should replace President Barack
   Obama as the American leader.
   Romney left Tuesday for the host city of Tampa, Florida, to witness his
   wife's primetime television speech to the Republican National
   Convention.  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie closes the night with
   his keynote address.
   Party officials are hoping Mrs. Romney's speech will show a more
   personal side of Romney than the image the Obama campaign has painted
   of him as a capitalist who has little connection with everyday
   Americans and their economic concerns. Meanwhile, Christie is expected
   to pinpoint what Republicans see as the significant failures of Obama's
   White House tenure over the last three and a half years.
   Tuesday is the first full day of the Republican convention, with most
   events cancelled Monday as Tropical Storm Isaac skirted Florida's
   western coastline. Convention planners are still watching the storm's
   path as it heads toward the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico for a
   possible landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday in Louisiana.
   Romney aide Russ Schriefer told reporters in Tampa the campaign is
   concerned about the people in the path of the storm and may revise the
   convention's schedule again.
   The Republican governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, canceled his
   planned convention speech, saying he was staying home to deal with the
   prospect of Isaac hitting his state.
   A Washington Post opinion poll published Monday shows President Obama,
   the Democratic incumbent, and Romney in a tight race for the November 6
   presidential election. It says Romney has the support of 47 percent of
   likely voters, compared to 46 percent for Obama - little changed from
   early July's figures.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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