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Ron Paul supporters gather on the side of the Republican National Convention floor after Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus calls a recess on the first day of events because of Hurricane Isaac. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Images on the jumbotron after the recess was called during the first day of the Republican National Convention. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Toby Olin, of New Salem, N.D. watches a Ron Paul speech on his laptop near the Republican National Convention floor after Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus calls a recess on the first day of events. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Karl Rove, center, speaks on FOX News at the Republican National Convention after Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus calls a recess on the first day of events because of Hurricane Isaac. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Delegates talk on the floor of the Republican National Convention after Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus calls a recess on the first day of events because of Hurricane Isaac. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, gavels open the abbreviated first session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus performs a symbolic gaveling in for the start of the Republican National Convention to a mostly empty room and promptly calls a recess on the first day of events because of Hurricane Isaac, Tampa, Fla., Monday, August 27, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Britain's Andy Murray returns a shot to Alex Bogomolov Jr., of Russia, at the 2012 US Open Tennis tournament, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Washington Redskins kicker Graham Gano (4) arrives for afternoon practice at training camp at Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., Washington, D.C., Monday, July 30, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sam Donaldson, on-air news anchor, waits for his lunch to be served at the National Republican Convention (RNC), in Tampa, FL., Monday, August 27, 2012. The RNC will run from the 27th through the 30th of August.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Sam Donaldson, on-air news anchor, picks up his lunch at the National Republican Convention (RNC), in Tampa, FL., Monday, August 27, 2012. The RNC will run from the 27th through the 30th of August.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Herman Cain talks with reporters at the National Republican Convention (RNC), in Tampa, FL., Monday, August 27, 2012. The RNC will run from the 27th through the 30th of August.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Geraldo Rivera talks with reporters at the National Republican Convention (RNC), in Tampa, FL., Monday, August 27, 2012. The RNC will run from the 27th through the 30th of August.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Actor Jon Voight speaks with the media at the National Republican Convention (RNC) discussing government policies and practices, in Tampa, FL., Monday, August 27, 2012. The RNC will run from the 27th through the 30th of August.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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A guest attending the National Republican Convention (RNC), snaps a quick photo of former 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee during his radio show at the convention center, in Tampa, FL., Monday, August 27, 2012. The RNC will run from the 27th through the 30th of August.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Janine Turner, famous for her role in the T.V. series Northern Exposure, signs a guitar for Mike Huckabee's radio show at the National Republican Convention (RNC), in Tampa, FL., Monday, August 27, 2012. The RNC will run from the 27th through the 30th of August.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leaves Brewster Academy after working on convention preparations, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Wolfeboro, N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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This citizen journalism image purports to show the explosion of a bomb dropped by a Syrian military aircraft on the Bustan el-Qasr district of Aleppo. (Shaam News via Associated Press)