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Lesson in history? 2012 election year more like 1980 than 2008

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With the RNC and DNC conventions over, the presidential campaign escalates as the nominees battle for victory in November. When the results are in, will the voters stick with President Barack Obama or move on to a new president in Mitt Romney?

The Roundtable: The GOP convention in Tampa

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The hoopla of the Romney-Ryan ticket at the Republican National Convention in Tampa is critiqued in Headline Surfer's weekly online news and public affairs show, "The Roundtable."

Romney connected with the American people in acceptance speech

ORLANDO -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney descended upon the Republican National Convention in Tampa on a mission: to humanize himself and dispel caricatures portraying him as a corporate raiding automaton focused on profits and losses, not people.

If that was Romney’s aim, his forceful acceptance speech achieved solid footing for the 65-year-old successful businessman to capitalize on during the upcoming sprint to Nov. 6.