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August 29, 2012 | | DAY ONE 1. Christie Barely Mentions Romney’s NameNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie rallied Republicans Tuesday night in his keynote speech at the convention in Tampa, while Ann Romney tried to garner women’s votes. “Our ideas are right for Americans, and their ideas have failed Americans,” Christie told the cheering crowd. But the rousing speech did little to quell rumors that Christie is laying the groundwork for his own political future: Christie didn’t mention Mitt Romney until about halfway through the speech. But Republicans had Ann Romney for that, as she promised voters her husband “will not fail.” Romney gave a warm-hearted speech that told the story of their romance and marriage—and she attempted to win over women’s votes by declaring “I love you, women!” Howard Kurtz, Michelle Cottle, and more Daily Beast contributors weigh in on the first night of the Republican National Convention. Plus, tune in for our all-star Tampa lineup on Beast TV: Sen. John McCain, Candy Crowley, T. Boone Pickens, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, Judy Woodruff, David Frum, and more. Live on The Daily Beast homepage starting at 12 noon ET.
STORMY Hurricane Isaac made landfall late Tuesday evening, veering just west of New Orleans. But the slow-moving storm stayed in place early Wednesday morning, drenching the Gulf Coast and delaying rain to the drought-afflicted areas along the Mississippi River. The storm made its first landfall at 8 p.m. Tuesday night before moving back out to the Gulf of Mexico for a few hours and eventually making a second landfall at Plaquemines Parish, La., around 4 a.m. The National Hurricane Center warned of storm surges of 6 to 12 feet in Mississippi, and several feet in other areas along the Gulf Coast. A 10-foot storm surge was already reported in Shell Beach, La. At least 250,000 were left without power in southeast Louisiana. PREVIEW The convention’s second day is jam-packed with speeches from top Republican Party stars. From Paul Ryan to John McCain, read The Daily Beast’s Caitlin Dickson on which speeches to watch and which to skip. JUSTICE India’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for the only person found alive in the group of militants who attacked Mumbai in 2008 and killed 166 people. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national who claimed to be a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, was found guilty on more than 80 charges in 2010, including murder and waging war on India. He was sentenced to death by hanging. Kasab, 25, had tried to appeal the sentence, claiming he had not received a fair trial. The other nine Pakistanis accused of carrying out the 2008 terrorist attack were gunned down during counterterrorism operations. HEY GUYS, WAIT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted in a new interview that his military will eventually succeed against the ongoing revolt and that it just “needs more time.” The pro-government al-Dunya TV released excepts from the interview on Wednesday, where Assad said the high-profile defections have “cleansed” his government of those lacking patriotism. Assad dismissed the idea of creating humanitarian buffer zones as “unrealistic” and said the government is fighting a battle “both regionally and internationally.” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday that creating a buffer zone would be impossible without imposing a no-fly zone and deploying ground forces, an action that would need the agreement of Turkey. Meanwhile, heavy shelling was reported on Tuesday in Damascus, Aleppo, and other rebel-held areas. | | 
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