(New York Times) TAMPA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich hoped to get a coveted speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. Instead the Romney campaign will have him teach a series of workshops they have nicknamed Newt University.
Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain are not scheduled to speak, either. They have decided to stage their own mini-convention of sorts — calling it a "unity rally" to dispel any doubts about their party loyalty — at a megachurch about 20 minutes outside town.
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is trying to be a good sport about getting passed over for a speech. "That's not my call to make," he said in an interview this week. "The convention is for Mitt Romney, not for me. Not for Newt, not for Marco Rubio, not for Chris Christie. It's for Mitt."
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