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Preparing for the Republican National Convention despite storm’s approach Organizers of the convention are reworking the schedule of events because of Tropical Storm Isaac.
Aug. 26, 2012
Cirque Dreams performs for guests at the welcome event for the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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The Lightning Girls perform for guests at the welcome event for the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Country star Rodney Atkins performs for guests and state delegates at the welcome event for the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Aug. 26, 2012
AnnElisa Hutchinson, left, and Janet Gefre dance while country star Rodney Atkins performs at the welcome event for the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Washington State delegates Rick Bauer and Jane Milhans celebrate as a patriotic video is shown on the big screens at the welcome event for the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Aug. 26, 2012
James Czirr of Idaho dances with Sarah Robinson of D.C. as they celebrate the launch of the Republican National Convetion's welcome event at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Local celebrity Colonel Oscar Poole is greeter by guests and delegates at the welcome event for the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Tampa resident John Sanchez displays the buttons he is selling as a food pantry fundraiser before the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Michael Ortega, Michael Acosta, Arelys Ortega and Javier Acosta, all of Tampa, watch the skies along the Courtney Campbell Causeway.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Josie Kate Mortensen pauses as the wind kicks up her hair while she fishes with her father at Ballast Point Park in Tampa. Mike Mortensen, her father, said, "Anytime a storm comes, the fish get active."
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Aug. 26, 2012
A technician, right, attaches a microphone to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R), center, while Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a U.S. representative from Florida, waits as they prepare to go live on NBC's "Meet the Press" at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Thousands of seats are empty Sunday as preparations for the delayed start of the convention continue.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Stagehand Mark Hopfensperger prepares to make a climb after adjusting lights at the Tampa Bay Times Forum for the 2012 Republican National Convention.
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Aug. 26, 2012
A national debt counter runs on a digital sign at the convention site, the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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Aug, 26, 2012
A Secret Service agent stands watch inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Bob Schieffer is assisted during filming for "Face the Nation" on the convention floor at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Wind picks up as Tropical Storm Isaac makes its way to Tampa while members of the media wait to enter the Tampa Convention Center.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Anissa Jessee, 8, left, pets Tank, a horse ridden by retired Tampa Police Cpl. Mike Morrow. At right is Cassidy Gill, 9. The girls are avid riders and asked Anissa's parents to stop the car as they were driving through downtown Tampa so they could say hello to the horses.
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Aug. 26, 2012
A group billing itself as America's first independent zombie-based party "unearthed" its candidate for the presidency, A. Zombie. He and his wife, Patty Morgan-Zombie (who, the group specified, is "living"), hosted a zombie convention in Tampa on Sunday. The stunt had something to do with pressuring Dish Network to reinstate AMC, the network that airs "The Walking Dead."
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Aug. 26, 2012
Protesters with a Romney puppet march in Tampa before the convention.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Ralph, owned by Sara Kilker of Temple Terrace, Fla., has his own Mitt Romney pooper scooper to use in Lykes Gaslight Square Park, where protesters gathered Sunday in Tampa. The park is about 10 blocks from the convention site.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Mitt Romney opponents gather in Lykes Gaslight Square Park in Tampa.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Protesters with Pinocchio-nosed Obama cutouts gather Sunday for the Tea Party Unity Rally in Tampa.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), who sought the Republican nomination, shakes hands with fans at Sunday's "We Are the Future" rally at the Sun Dome at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Many viewed the event as a swan song for Paul, who is retiring from Congress .
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Aug. 26, 2012
Supporters listen to Ron Paul at the rally at the University of South Florida.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Mary White of Rathdrum, Idaho, holds a portrait of Rep. Ron Paul as she waits for a rally for the Texas congressman to begin at the University of South Florida Sun Dome.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Adam Bace, foreground, and others raise a ruckus for Paul at the event at the University of South Florida.
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Aug. 26, 2012
A group of students from St. Petersburg High School wait amid the huge crowd in the Sun Dome for the Ron Paul rally to begin.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Paul addresses the crowd at the "We Are the Future" rally.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Judy Griffin of the Georgia delegation is seen in this Instagram photo at the Republican National Convention welcome event. Griffin was featured in a Washington Post photo in 2005 holding two armadillos with her husband at President George W. Bush's inauguration.
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Aug. 26, 2012
An attendee at the RNC welcome party, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., is shown in this Instagram photo.
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Aug. 26, 2012
A law enforcement officer walks behind a barricaded section of Tampa near the site of the Republican National Convention. The city was quiet, with few pedestrians on Sunday night.
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Aug. 26, 2012
Law enforcement agents walked around downtown Tampa in groups Sunday night.
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A solitary walker in Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa.
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The sun sets on Old Tampa Bay at the Sailport Waterfront Suites in Tampa.
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