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Politics & Government
4:01 pm
Sat September 1, 2012

Romney campaign commits to Michigan "until the end"

Credit Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaking at the RNC in Tampa, Florida

The Romney campaign says it plans to actively campaign In Michigan “until the end”.  But there is one major campaign component that Romney officials haven’t committed to yet.  Four years ago, the John McCain campaign pulled out of Michigan a month before the presidential election. State Republican leaders blamed that decision for hurting GOP turnout in Michigan in 2008.  Katie Gage says that won’t happen this year.  She’s a deputy director for the Romney campaign. Gage says the Romney campaign will be in Michigan “until the end”, with phone banks, local campaign offices and mailings.

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Politics & Government
3:00 am
Fri August 31, 2012

Lobbyists leave GOP National Convention. Next stop, Democratic National Convention

Credit Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio
Lobbyists know their way around national political conventions

The Republicans have wrapped up their convention in Tampa. Now hundreds of business people and lobbyists are boarding planes to join the Democrats in Charlotte for their national convention next week.

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Politics & Government
2:45 am
Fri August 31, 2012

Michigan's native son accepts the Republican presidential nomination

Michiganders who watched Mitt Romney accept the Republican presidential nomination last night in Tampa say they were impressed by the way he did it.

Mitt Romney dedicated much of his acceptance speech last night to doing something he doesn’t do often: talking about his personal life.

Romney talked about his parents, his marriage, his children and his personal motivations, both in business and in faith.

Ronna Romney-McDaniel is Mitt’s niece.  She says she's glad voters are getting a chance to learn more about him as a person.

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