GOP officially nominates Romney for president
By The Week Staff | August 28, 2012
The high of securing enough delegates to become the Republican presidential nominee didn't last very long for Romney, before his new iPhone app brought him crashing back to Earth.
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epublican Mitt Romney officially clinched the GOP presidential nomination on Tuesday, as delegates at the party's national convention in Tampa, Fla., voted him as their 2012 presidential candidate. The convention continues through Thursday night, when Romney will give a speech and officially accept the nomination.
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