The Big Conversation:

Texans briefly commanded the attention of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, but a burst of political news back home threatened to upstage them.

Though the state looked to play a minor role in the GOP festivities this year, Texans on Tuesday pushed their way into the middle of the convention as the event's first full day unfolded.

Ron Paul supporters, upset about a rule change that would make it more difficult for insurgent candidates like Paul to collect delegates, loudly protested on the convention floor, exposing a party rift that had emerged earlier in the ...

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