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Col. Oscar C. Poole gets a kiss from Julie Craig at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ The Washington Times)

Mitt Romney supporters cheer at the conclusion of the Roll Call for Nomination which gave Romney the presidential nomination during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney supporters cheer at the conclusion of the Roll Call for Nomination which gave Romney the presidential nomination during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ The Washington Times)

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The celebration begins as New Jersey puts Mitt Romney over the 1144 delegates needed to give him the Presidential Nomination during the Roll Call for Nomination at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ The Washington Times)

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Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, Gov. Bob McDonnell, R- Va., introduces Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, as Co-Chairman Rep. Marsh Blackburn, R- Tenn., right, and Sen. John Hoeven, R- N.D., look on. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./ The Washington Times)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, checks out the stage Aug. 27, 2012, at the Republican National Convention inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Sharon Dale of Fort Worth, Texas, cheers as she and her husband, Kennith, watch a video for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Aug. 27, 2012, at the Republican National Convention, inside a mostly empty Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks to reporters Aug. 27, 2012, on the floor of the Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, left, and convention CEO William Harris unveil the stage and podium for the 2012 Republican National Convention, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz)