The Hill Articles: August 30, 2012

Poll: Romney gets convention bounce, takes national lead Watch live: Republican National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 30 Romney’s opportunity to define himself Two Democratic polls offer good news for the party in Florida Rubio, on Charlie Crist speaking at DNC, says ‘I told you so’ Ryan criticizes Obama-Boehner debt talks GOP wants Romney to brag FCC to review how it measures competition Ryan says he’s studying tape of Biden to prepare for vice presidential debate Team Romney: Twitter will influence presidential debates Grassley braves humidity for Tampa jogs Romney: Voters ‘deserve better’ than what Obama has delivered World Bank: Rising food prices means governments should strengthen social net Wasserman Schultz fires back at Huckabee Protect intellectual property and jobs: Finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership Cheating scandal rocks Harvard’s ‘Intro to Congress’ class Gen. Dempsey: ‘I don’t want to be complicit’ if Israel attacks Iran Report: F-22s back in the skies without incident Priebus says Matthews got ‘hysterical’ during heated argument GSA to offer cloud-based email services GOP convention’s debt clocks don’t agree with Treasury Department Housing sector slowly coming back to life Cantor: ‘It’d be awesome’ for Eastwood to say ‘make my day’ in RNC speech ‘Sex and the City’ actor gets swarmed by ladies US ambassador to the UN to head delegation to Ethiopian premier’s funeral Fact checkers question Rep. Paul Ryan’s claims Swimming in the Sea of Galilee: The fallout Romney not always the star at his convention GOP convention’s goal Thursday is to tell Romney’s personal story Justice Department ends criminal probe of detainee deaths Veterans group to back McCaskill, Tester Romney, Ryan hit convention stage for campaign photo-op Romney campaign promotes topic on Twitter ahead of acceptance speech Interior Department approves Shell’s initial drilling in Arctic Rubio seeks to avoid Christie’s mistake in Thursday speech to convention Tommy Thompson on being a Kid Rock fan: ‘Why not?

 Road builders: Higher emission rules will drain highway money Romney touts Bain record on new campaign website Former Gingrich spokesman joins Akin campaign Ann Romney to Robin Roberts: ‘Keep on fighting!’ Eastwood, reported mystery guest, has history of donating to Democrats Clint Eastwood is ‘mystery guest’ on Romney’s big night Louisiana members call for more federal help to deal with Isaac Protecting our right to the right medicine CNN camerawoman targeted in racial incident ‘not surprised at all’ Sen. John McCain’s wife reveals to The Hill’s ITK his belated birthday present AP: Ryan speech took ‘factual shortcuts’ on Medicare, other issues Democrats say Goldwater endorsement burnishes Carmona’s pro-women credentials Egypt breaks with Iran over Syria Report: Iran doubles number of nuclear centrifuges at underground site Romney campaign defends Ryan’s line about GM plant: ‘The facts are clear’ Rep. Flores says energy deal possible even if President Obama is reelected Reagan tribute will start off Thursday night’s events Genocide in Syria The Hill breakfast on energy Federal court rejects Texas voter ID law Dems acknowledge Paul Ryan gave an effective performance 1 OAK Pop Up Nightclub Venue at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park Restaurants want police to forgo Labor Day DUI checkpoints Romney campaign’s new plane revealed GOP convention’s closing night: Getting to know Mitt Romney Poll: Mo. voters want Akin to stay in Obama sets new energy efficiency goal Opinion: Last stand for liberals Ryan to go on post-speech media blitz Editor’s note: Sen. Kyl The Hill at the RNC: Wednesday Probe doesn’t back allegations of ‘impropriety’ in energy loan program Chinese spy sentenced to four years for stealing Motorola secrets Facebook lets users tag themselves in convention panorama Opinion: Notes on Tampa 2016 — I mean, 2012 The wrong way to boost wages of single mothers GOP convention’s mystery speaker remains a secret Thursday Convention Lunchbreak from Tampa Report: Climate change promises more tough summers Five questions for Mitt Romney on LGBT rights Three Australians killed in latest Afghan ‘insider attack’ Brown to highlight Mandel’s ‘un-American’ comments Team Obama attacks Ryan convention speech for ‘falsehoods’ Herman Cain: Polls show blacks voting for Obama because Romney supporters were working LaHood chides GOP for convention attacks on Obama Fulfilling a lifelong dream DCCC adds 4 candidates to Red to Blue list News bites: Scoring Ryan’s speech Condi’s toxic legacy Consumer spending, personal income tick up Thursday: Rubio, Jeb Bush, Gingrich, Romney … and Clint Eastwood, possibly The Hill’s Thursday Morning RNC Review Ryan wows crowd, GOP leaders Obama: GOP will be more compromising if he gets second term News bites: FTC nears end of Google probe News bites: Hurricane Isaac creates juggling act for Obama Ryan’s convention speech prompts more tweets than both 2008 conventions Embassy staffers told to stay put in Mali as political situation improves First-time jobless claims remain unchanged News bites: Bernanke in the corner Jeb Bush goes after Obama: ‘We were spanked’ for placing blame on others Team Obama: Rep. Ryan ‘false’ in convention speech Obama video renews ‘Etch A Sketch’ attacks Thursday’s global agenda: US-China rivalry heats up across the Pacific Social conservatives stand by Akin GOP convention tinged with Obama envy MORNING READ Ron Paul delegates don’t go quietly Romney’s challenge: Selling vision, self in acceptance speech Ann Romney: Game changer GOP courts wary Latinos Code Pink disrupts Ryan speech, ushered out to chants of ‘USA!’ Paul Ryan’s speech at the Republican National Convention Ryan carves up President Obama Condoleezza Rice’s speech at the Republican National Convention Huge roars for Rice from GOP crowd moved by convention address New Mexico Gov. Martinez zings Obama on ‘you didn’t build that’ Chris Dodd catches the convention coverage at downtown Tampa club Romney gets bump from first full day at Republican convention Michelle Obama not watching RNC Cantor carves out role at convention Huckabee cracks joke about ‘awful noise’ 
from Wasserman Schultz rehearsal Watch live: Republican National Convention, Wednesday, Aug. 29 Gov. Pawlenty welcomes convention attendees to ‘Obama’s retirement party’ Disgruntled supporters of Ron Paul stage walkout at convention Portman: Unanimous vote against Obama budget a ‘failure of leadership’ McCain dubs Romney as his successor while blasting Obama record Secret Service agent leaves loaded gun in bathroom of Romney’s charter plane Rand Paul: Don’t ‘punish’ Exxon or you’ll hit workers