Republican National Convention

Boehner to RNC delegates: Ill. key to maintaining GOP House majority

Illinois Public Radio — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:06:06 +0000

Reporting in this story from Illinois Public Radio's Amanda Vinicky

Illinois delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa got a pep talk yesterday from US House Speaker John Boehner. He says Illinois is key to the GOP maintaining its House majority.

Illinois Republicans made gains in Congress two years ago, winning enough seats that more Republicans than Democrats now represent Illinois in Washington. It's the opposite in Springfield, where Democrats outnumber Republicans in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly.

Five takeaways from Wednesday at the Republican National Convention

Mark Memmott — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:43:29 +0000

If you missed some of Wednesday's action at the Republican National Convention, when Rep.

Live Blog: Wednesday at the Republican National Convention

Mark Memmott — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:52:32 +0000

Hello from Tampa, where tonight Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin accepted the Republican Party's vice presidential nomination and told the nation that if he joins Mitt Romney in the White House they will work to solve the nation's problems, not blame them on others.

"We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead," he said. "We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

Five takeaways trom Tuesday at the Republican National Convention

Mark Memmott — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:53:14 +0000

If you missed some of Tuesday's action at the Republican National Convention, we were live blogging here and you can always read through it to see how the day and evening went.

But if you'd like to save some time, here are five things that struck us:

-- The Delegates Really, Really Love Ann Romney: Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, used

Live Blog: Tuesday at the GOP Convention

Mark Memmott — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:35:29 +0000

With a program designed both to tell the American people more about Mitt Romney and to make the case that Republicans' ideas for solving the nation's problems are better than Democrats', the 2012 GOP National Convention got going today and Romney officially became the party's presidential nominee.

Delegates also officially made Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin the party's vice presidential nominee.

We live blogged through the afternoon and evening. Scroll down and read "up" if you want to see how the story developed.

Update at 11:05 p.m. ET.