TAMPA — Supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul are negotiating to hold a three-day festival of music, entertainment and activism at the Florida State Fairgrounds immediately before the Republican National Convention.Paul Festival 2012 would run from Aug. 24-26, ending the day before the convention begins.Details like ticket prices and who would be on stage have not been announced, but the festival could draw 20,000 or more people a day, estimated Deborah Robinet, an organizer who lives near San Diego, Calif."Ron Paul supporters are very enthusiastic, and there's going to be a bunch of them in Tampa," said Robinet, one of five directors of the nonprofit group Liberty Unleashed, which was incorporated this month in Florida to make arrangements for the festival.Robinet and fair director of ... Continue reading →
Business Insider sat down with political strategist and self-described GOP "hitman" to talk about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the 2012 veepstakes. Stone, who got his start working on Richard Nixon's presidential campaigns, gave us his take on the weaknesses of Romney's campaign and his candidacy, and told us who he thinks Romney will tap as his No. 2. Watch the interview below. <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_2sug4_h2aep5wk" width="618" height="348" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=N5ZzlwNDqNGN8Z330Y0idDSNVkx_0IV8&version=2" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="embedType=noscriptObjectTag&embedCode=N5ZzlwNDqNGN8Z330Y0idDSNVkx_0IV8&videoPcode=BhdmY6l9g002rBhQ6aEBZiheacDu" /><embed src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=N5ZzlwNDqNGN8Z330Y0idDSNVkx_0IV8&version=2" bgcolor="#000000" width="618" height="348" name="ooyalaPlayer_2sug4_h2aep5wk" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&embedCode=N5ZzlwNDqNGN8Z330Y0idDSNVkx_0IV8&videoPcode=BhdmY6l9g002rBhQ6aEBZiheacDu" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object> Don't Miss: Continue reading →
