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Republican Mitt Romney: Hurricane Isaac

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Dept: TAMPA, Fla. - Republican Mitt Romney was making the first stop in his final push for the U.S. presidency in Louisiana, where he arrived Friday to tour the damage of Hurricane Isaac a day after accepting his party's nomination with his most important speech to date, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The slow response to Katrina's deadly chaos in 2005 hurt the presidency of Republican George W. Bush, and the campaigns of both Romney and President Barack Obama have been mindful of their response this time and republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks during a campaign stop, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Lakeland, Fla. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Romney would visit an emergency command centre with Louisiana's Republican governor, Bobby Jindal, giving him the chance to look presidential. Isaac arrived seven years to the day after the devastating hurricane Katrina hit the area, but it was much weaker, with five deaths reported amid widespread flooding. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.