Nick O'Malley
Nick O'Malley is the United States correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Republicans roll out the big guns for Romney
Nick O'Malley, Tampa The Republican Party today will put the spotlight on two of its best performers as it works to reintroduce to the American people Mitt Romney, his wife Ann and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
US Republicans delay convention as storm bears down
Nick O'Malley In Tampa on Monday (US time) the air was thick and warm and wet, even during those moments when the rain eased as Tropical Storm Isaac skirted the host city of the Republican National Convention and...
Romney draws level as pressure builds in Tampa
Nick O'Malley, Tampa, Florida As a tropical storm and 50,000 party faithful bore down on the Florida city of Tampa last night for the Republican National Convention, a new poll showed Mitt Romney has crept ahead of US President...
Tea Party's Mitt pickers muscle up to oust Obama
Nick O'malley United States Correspondent MITT Romney's coronation as the Republicans' presidential nominee will be accompanied by a show of Tea Party muscle that underscores the former Massachusetts governor's steady shift to the political...
Bumpy ride to a Grand Old Party
Nick O'Malley 'It's kind of like the Titanic movie,'' says Patrick Manteiga, grappling to explain the Republican National Convention which begins on Monday in Tampa, Florida.
Blow to Romney in abortion debate
Nick O'Malley, Washington Any hopes Mitt Romney had of refocusing attention on economics were dashed when a Republican committee endorsed an anti-abortion stance that provides no exemptions for rape or incest.
Republicans set anti-abortion stance as Romney urges Akin to step aside
Nick O'Malley Any hopes that Mitt Romney had of refocusing attention onto economics today were trashed after a Republican platform committee endorsed a strict anti-abortion stance that provides for no exemptions...
Hardliner's words may come back to haunt Ryan
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: So what does constitute legitimate rape? Which ones are illegitimate? And what is the difference between rape and ''forcible rape''?
Those with no papers still hold an election card
Nick O'Malley On Monday night at dusk in Clearwater, Florida, Jose Godinez-Samperio stopped and waited a full minute on a deserted street for the lights to change before he stepped onto the pedestrian crossing.
Running mate comes with his own budget axe
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: Paul Ryan has a plan. Unlike the plans of most politicians seeking a new elected office, it is clear and detailed and public.
Romney names fiscal conservative Ryan as Republican running mate
Nick O'Malley Paul Ryan, the 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman with close tea party ties and a reputation for wanting to slash taxes and shrink government has been named Mitt Romney’s Republican running mate.
Army veteran named as gunman who killed six Sikhs at temple
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: The Sikh community was in shock and mourning last night after six people were killed in another mass shooting in the US, this time at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, a suburb of Milwaukee,...
Seven dead after shooting at Sikh temple in US
Nick O'Malley Seven people have been killed, including a suspect, in another mass shooting in the United States, this time at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Attack ads batter voters into submission
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: John McDaniel, a restaurant and bar manager with a healthy libertarian streak and a gruff presence, knows his politics better than most.
Series of gaffes leaves Romney on the back foot
Nick O'Malley Mitt Romney's diplomatic foot-shooting spree in London last week provoked the trenchantly conservative Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer to lament: 'It's unbelievable, it's beyond human...
Romney's hard-man speech earns standing ovation in Israel
Nick O'Malley America led by Mitt Romney would use “any and all measures” to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the presumed Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, said in a speech delivered in Jerusalem...
Weapon of no choice
Nick O'Malley Dent Myers has a friendly presence, rheumy eyes, a firm handshake, a long matted beard that hides his age - at first - and a pair of Colt M1911 .45s.
Romney demands answers over alleged security leaks
Nick O'Malley Mitt Romney has accused Barack Obama's White House of leaking national security secrets in order to bolster the President's reputation in a major foreign affairs speech hours before he was to depart...
Death penalty mooted for Aurora massacre
Nick O'Malley Young man accused of killing 12 in Colorado cinema massacre makes a strange first appearance in court.
'He knows what he's doing': Colorado shooting suspect makes bizarre court appearance
Nick O'Malley JAMES Holmes, the 24-year-old alleged to have gunned down 12 people in a US cinema screening the new Batman movie, has made his first appearance in a Colorado court.
