Republican Party

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Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, doesn’t want the GOP to forget he’s still a candidate for president, so he has told his staff to offer financial assistance to get “pro-liberty delegates” who can’t afford the cost of travel and lodging to the convention in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem. “We must lead the effort to prevent Iran from building and possessing nuclear weapons capability,” he said. (Associated Press)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the GOP’s guiding principle in the debate over who gets tax breaks is “Do no harm.” There is no consensus. (Associated Press)

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GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks at an event at Horizontal Wireline Services in Irwin, Pa., on Tuesday. Some GOP strategists say Mr. Romney has been slow to respond to attacks by the president and his allies, and needs to go on offense. (Associated Press)

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**FILE ** Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, in Colorado on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Associated Press)

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Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others went on offense on Sunday news shows against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. (Associated Press)

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Artur Davis, a onetime Democratic representative from Alabama, says his recent switch to the Republican Party was prompted by the massive chasm between President Obama's promises as a candidate and his results as president. "The candidate who talked about and pledged to cut the deficit in half has now gotten us accustomed ... to trillion-dollar deficits every single year of his presidency,"he said on a visit to Virginia. (Associated Press)