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plus republican. presidential candidate with a promise to show russia. but critics. fifteen minutes from now in the meantime with the two presidential run is now officially named. ivan eland about the race for the white house. what do you read into that. well conventions in the u.s. now are sort of beauty contests they're not they used to be in the history they used to have a lot more effect than nominees actually chosen at the conventions but now we have a party primary and caucus system which does that so it's just sort of a coronation of the nominee of the particular party and they script them pretty

heavily romney has complete control over the conference convention there observe you ron paul supporters that kicked up a little bit but largely even ron paul is playing the game inside the party so you don't see hardly any disputes or anything like that over the platform or anything else and no surprises all of the romney started at the very. beginning of his campaign was very rough there was a lot of competition a lot of other candidates so basically this credit ahead and yet now at the convention it seems as the g.o.p. just wants from need to be the president yes well they've all that's the tradition in american politics usually is they have about a battle during the primaries call each other all sorts of names criticize each other's policy and then all of a sudden you see people who are criticizing him before when he gets enough electoral i mean convention delegates will flip and then start supporting him so

as it ran this time they think now for the u.s. well usually they're on the republican side they they nominate the person who lost last time the next in line the democrats are a little bit more if he but but i think it basically comes down to these conventions and surface are surface phenomena at the don't really mean much people who actually study elections in the u.s. say it's not really between two candidates it's a referendum on the current in a straight and so you know they could have almost anybody running and the economy is bad and it's going to be very close but i think some of the models predict obama still eking it out of. close victory but it's going to be close so those models could be off as well but i think obama has an intrinsic. advantage in the electoral college because in the united states you know we don't. as we saw in two thousand election we don't elect the president on the popular vote it can sometimes

be different than the electoral college so we really don't have a national election we have a state by state election and so. the candidates have to win so many states which add up to two hundred seventy electoral votes and so that can sometimes differ from the national popular vote totals so this could be another election where that happens we'll see obama as a slight edge in the electoral map and they kind of means bad that romney's policies are too far to the right and he seems as if he's moving even further to the right choosing paul ryan for instance a lot of people like his and accuse him of wanting to asserted the right wing of the republican party do you think the u.s. is moving in that direction or is it just politics that brought him here well the republicans seem to think that they can energize their base more than the democratic base because the democratic base is kind of disappointed with obama in

certain respects and if they can energize their base they can win that way but i don't know that's a bit iffy i think they may have made a bad choice and paul ryan and i think that's choosing him said ok we're going to mobilize our base instead of going for independent voters because he would have picked romney would pick somebody that was like chris christie or somebody that was more moderate to go out to the center and that may have been a mistake because most of the conservatives are going to vote against obama. and so they really didn't need paul ryan they needed somebody to get people in the middle particularly. suburban women and you see these comments by the republican candidate. one of the senate candidates on abortion and rape. you know that really. disaffect women so the republicans led that's what happened leading up to the convention so they don't really want to talk about that the republicans want

to talk about the economy and they want all those social issues which are very divisive and might turn key voting blocks like suburban women against them so and in a close election they really need everybody on their side do you think he's able to move to appeal to the middle well not as much i guess somewhat it's hard to say where he stands on many issues he's kind of moved around enough that's believable but after you do that and now if people you know stick you with the flip flopper type thing flipping back and forth between you know like john kerry was labeled with that. a while back for the demo on the democratic side you know if you're inconsistent on your and and mitt romney has been inconsistent on abortion assault weapons ban and even on health care yes in fact obama and mitt romney have switched positions because used to be obama was against his own what became his own healthcare plan because hillary originally proposed it during the primaries and of

course mitt romney was the guy who dreamed up the whole thing is governor of massachusetts and now he's against that sort of thing so you never know what's going to happen or what position they're going to take but that tending of positions don't you think it's going to weaken his campaign run this campaign especially now when you're talking health care economy. jobs well i think it does certainly when you flip around flip flop around on positions but i think really it's a referendum on obama that's what the experts say who are political science used to study these things i mean they could put anybody in the in the chair and one of the key factors but not the only factor is the economy so we'll have to see if they. g.o.p. the republicans can keep you know on the offensive on the economy and if they can do that that that highlights the problem but it's not really even the unemployment rate of change and really. the economy would have had to improve probably by may

to help obama and that didn't happen so that the fundamentals of the election are set you know months in advance so we'll just see what the what the last count is but in an election this close to you know course they're pulling everything out on both both camps to attack the other one because they need every vote they can get so then let's face the economy what are the challenges facing romney at this election's and the selections well i think the main one is getting distracted by the social issues old many people don't agree with the social issues in the public and partly because they're very much to the right of the population and i think there's key voting groups that would be shy about. voting for romney and that so they have to kind of keep that under the table but this just sort of sprang up at this senate candidate saying these things which are really quite outrageous about rape and that sort of thing and so lots of women might but not this the south

romney completely distance in south from he did on the platform and the his vice presidential candidate both say no exceptions for rape or incest in the an anti-abortion platform so mitt romney has personally done that but he's still kind of weighted with those days and it also is just kind of a big idea now there are many women who are against abortion out there and they probably will vote of course republican but you know there are if you're trying to get votes in the middle that's a key constituency the other problem that the republicans have well they have two other problems working. union worker who a lot of times support. republicans during the reagan era that's dwindled because we've had we have fewer manufacturing jobs so there's fear of those people the other thing is the hispanic population is it has been a rage by some of the republican stances on immigration so that's the fastest

growing minority and you see a lot of western states colorado nevada which used to be solid republican are moving in the democratic camp or at least neutral and so that's where oh obama has gotten an advantage on the electoral map the state by state election which is really the key election but it's a slight edge at this point on foreign policy is it seems as if economy. jobs these are the main factors of the elections here about what about foreign policy and do you think that romney has any advantage or writes well if anything i think he has the last advantage he's trying to make a big deal about the iran thing but you know obama killed osama bin laden and here are some of bin laden is bill and number one and you know it took them ten years and george w. bush never got them so that's a feather in his cap here in the united states i think. romney has been very hawkish but people are tired of two wars here they want to get out of these wars so

i don't think if anything that's a detriment to him that he's got all these neoconservative hawkish foreign policy advisers warm policy won't traditionally hasn't provided played much in u.s. elections because it's usually domestic issues and the economy and in this case it's even more so since we've had this long recession and now a long sluggish period of recovery so i think even more so people are turning inward because they want to get rid of these wars and you know get back to what they're doing and that's why it's going to be mainly on the domestic issues so if anything i think foreign policy his views probably are handicapped form but the critique that they did. they're criticizing obama on syria as he said on iran and other issues and it seems as if he's romney is trying to win base for him by criticizing obama on these issues i think they are criticizing him but most most american voters don't really care about that to be quite blunt and so i mean they

just you know they may read the newspapers and they don't know very much about these issues foreign policy and defense stuff they don't know which what our policy should be in many of the countries because they're not even familiar much with the countries but they know their own paycheck they know the educational system they know the state of the highways they know stuff and domestically and that's why u.s. elections usually tend to focus on that unless there's a big war going on or unless there's some crisis like the iranian hostage crisis during the one thousand nine hundred eighty for jimmy carter something like that then it becomes a bit more of an issue and less than three months left for the elections obama is still leading do you think that's going to be the case for until november sixth or do you see that he's in well the polls there are about even depending on which polls but those polls don't mean anything because it's state by state and i think you have to look at the electoral map and obama does have an edge there although they kind of his bad do you think he needs

a miracle for the economy to keep that leading the elections or is it also the fact that romney has issues with health care with the economy is not going to help obama but he probably will he's probably benefit from those. these groups that have become disaffected with republicans like hispanics you know and that sort of thing and i think he's got an electoral edge because of that i.

i think going down of the sun and good morning we will remember that we will.

top stories this hour on r.t. the winner takes it all the loser standing small the russian. is left empty handed after a london court dismisses his hefty lawsuit against. each. pitch for a syrian intervention hits a dead end of the u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply bypass the security council. plus republican mitt romney accepts his nomination as presidential candidate with

a promise to show russia more backbone but critics night that's not his greatest asset. i'll be back with a news team with more news stories for in fifteen minutes from now the meantime porn is next with your sports. thank you very much bill welcome along to the world of sports here is what's coming up. dropped captain andreae shaaban is a message from the russian squad by new manager fabio capello with two world cup qualifiers coming up next month. continental quest. dropping of. find out where europa league group stage opponents are being also involved in the first round. chordates maria sharapova continues her quest for a second grand slam title of two thousand and twelve as she takes on wild card in

the third round of the u.s. open. but first new russian manager fabio capello has named the twenty four man squad for his first competitive matches in charge there's a prize a mission with captain andre are sharp and dropped the thirty one year old has come under criticism recently after captain captaining russia during the disappointing euro two thousand and twelve campaign russia have two world cup qualifying matches next month against northern ireland israel strikers roman pavlyuchenko and pavel pogrebnyak have also been limited angy goalkeeper played him a couple of places special stuff mollify of the world this week and out his retirement from international football. elsewhere following the draw for the champions league yesterday on friday clubs competing in the europa league found out their group stage opponents two russian clubs were in the first round draw because he thinks angie darksiders that alkmaar six mil on are correct in qualifying for in group a with five time european champions liverpool italian club you deny is

a young boy of switzerland. where rubin khazan who qualified by virtue of winning the russian cup group h. against the tally in giant inter milan and part of the grade of serbia will not see will become the first team ever from azerbaijan to compete in the group stages of european competition. you know the story when i played there was a national team it was such a long trip to get to the ground was small but there was a really great atmosphere it will be a tough game on when you see real world back to domestic matters where game week seven of the russian premier league is underway defending champions in a fresh new voice mordovia three nil incident thanks to a twenty fifth minute goals in constantine's ariane of the second half brace for alexander persian gulf honest polities men are now three points clear of the top talent by the game more than their nearest rival. meanwhile in monaco chelsea enough as it will be dreaded just kicked off the european super cup eleven club one

europe's premier competition for the first time in their history by. by going to compel things in a way athletic i mean why with europa league goal of the stages. now talks have taken place in moscow aimed at trying to reduce football hooliganism with a russia the police supporters' groups and the premier league will present with new registration set to be introduced next month to try to curb the problem which about portland has more. talking football hooliganism in russia is often discussed however every season the same all problems seem to occur of rival supporters clashing both inside and outside stadiums across the country. part of the problem is very is no effective legislation in place to tackle the problem and this is something your forty's i'm looking to change. we're looking to bring in legislation to try and combat football hooliganism unfortunately there are no universal laws in place at the moment to deal with this problem in the autumn at least

a dumont will discuss this problem will also look to try and argue or things like clothes instead of as this has a negative impact on the game plan is all too common at stadiums around the country despite heavy fines from the way for techniques are still let off the champions league in europa league matches the clubs of the ones who have to foot the bill or burrows who are guilty of bringing foreigners into the grounds often get away with a fine of just a few year oh is that severe even courts. will be looking to liaise with clubs and fans to try and make stadiums safer places and the new legislation will be much tougher than those who want to break the law we're looking at how the authorities in england and germany have managed to deal with hooliganism they have dealt with the problem very well and will be looking to try and bring in similar laws into russia to overcome this problem. supporters groups have often campaigned for stewards take the place of police in football stadiums as this became crossed. much

of europe this may have some effect in reducing the problem however the only way football hooliganism can really be tackled is if the troublemakers are held accountable for their actions. but the laws in fines football hooligans for us have to be tough if they are shown on t.v. or displayed in newspapers for what they have done then i think they'll think twice about doing it again if it's a fine of ten euros it's nothing to keep on causing trouble the police and the clubs need to work together to try and tackle this problem it's high time that a proper stance against really good news is taken however it seems very good for a cheese finally except there is a problem but it's crucial that the new legislation being discussed is implemented and comes down hard on blues intent on causing trouble richmond weekly dancey. now to the hard courts of the u.s. open tennis where maria sharapova is in third round action on day five of the

competition the third seeded russian will play home favorite debt now there's already been a shock however came a clijsters konqueror laura robson has been tonight seemingly now in three sets becoming the first british woman into the last sixteen of a grand slam for fourteen years next up for the eighteen year old is defending champion sam stosur a bit american bravado straight sets tops in victoria azarenka faces of china. in the men's draw defending champion novak djokovic she is playing and see the brazilian roger silver on the brink of victory in straight sets that. spain is through to the third round of the beijing does from the go she's going in three two thousand and nine champion for martin del potro. of the usa in the early stages of the roddick later plays australian bernard tomic shafter confirming will retire at the end of the tournament. people view it as as a career of you know a lot less than

a while of some hard knocks but you know i got to i got to play you know and i got to. playing a crowd and playing wimbledon finals. and be the guy on a davis cup team for a while and you know. those are protests not a lot of people get you know so i as much as i was disappointed frustrated at times i'm not sure that i ever felt sorry for myself or begrudge anybody any or any of their success. now for me no one returns this weekend after the summer break however there was nothing season all about the weather in belgium during free practice on friday the spot truck soaked from start to finish ahead of the weekend's action kamel cup the ashy up looking into the down bets to the conditions that was fastest spaniard fernando alonso will be looking to extend his forty point of the records mark webber in the driver's championship but his teammate felipe massa also needs a good showing with his ferrari future in doubt awful for season five gets under

way later on saturday. now with the paralympics taking place in london disability sport is hitting the headlines this week a new sport for good foundation project was launched by laureus here in moscow and quite chilled explains. laureus the legendary charity foundation has been busy giving its support to a new project aimed at working with disabled young sport love was labelled the uniform sports program the plan is done in conjunction with the special olympics global games which raise awareness about talented young people with intellectual disabilities a group that is off marginalised single gated and vulnerable within russia seems to create a new world of inclusion in the community through sport. a lot of my goal is representative laureus is to spock children's interest in sport who travel across the globe and hold master classes for kids to show everyone that sport has the

power to change the world and unite people in a way that little else carol because that's the way it's full time when people gold . middle east i like seeing him of quick to get involved with the young people in a variety of sports including basketball football and flow but there was also a special treat for everyone as he was joined by three members of the recently crowned and in pigs swimming team that is horrible and julie could see mine in there and in beautiful seattle giving the up and comers the chance to see their sporting fido's up close and personal. that. was sex. with lori support the uniform sports program in russia be sure to continue to grow and develop helping to educate the general public and the inclusion of the intellectually disabled. athletes every possibility of maybe one day competing for their own and imploring nucular chose our team.

and finally talking of the paralympics and oscar pistorius is preparing to defend his one hundred two hundred and four hundred meter titles blade runner as he's known reached the semifinals of the four hundred meter a limping competition earlier this month but the twenty five year old south african is playing down his chances of another hat trick of golds i just think of a really moved away from the hundred i ran my first race and one hundred meters last weekend in sixteen months and i ran an eleven point one in quite a strong headwinds coming good shape to see be a feature in that race but you know that some of the talk was a slow running quicker than i am and that's the focus still be rested for the hundred a lot of the some of the guys on trial and running the two hundred either. but my focus is really on trying to defend my title and then i have to be realistic and say you know the two hundred and the four hundred are probably the events that i'm fit to see today. that is pretty much all from the world of sport for now but before i go i just got time to tell you that madrid have scored against chelsea

very early on in the final of the european super cup in monaco colombian strike a fall with a goal after the seventh minute subtle just into out the tenth minute that but athletic made him one that is all from the world of sports now with plenty more later here and i'll say the wild weather is next. issue is that so much of it which of course he's right on it so here is the one still no one in the world opinions differ sharply there can be no doubt american supremacy being challenged by a number of. wealthy british. markets . find out what's really happening to the global economy for

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