Romney to speak in Denver at GOP event

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The GOP says it's planning a rival post near the Democratic National Convention and will put on speeches by prominent GOP opponents including former presidential nominee and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Speakers include Tuesday Romney, a former rival to GOP nominee John McCain. Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said Romney, considered a potential vice presidential choice for McCain, will speak in Denver before heading to Nevada on Wednesday. Romney handily won Colorado's Republican presidential caucus in February.

Romney's speech comes the same day Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to address the convention.

Spokesman Bill Riggs said Republican events would "hold Barack Obama's rhetoric to account and expose his record of political expedience." Republicans would also talk up McCain, Riggs said, although there were no plans for McCain himself to appear in Denver next week.

State GOP chairman Dick Waldhams said Colorado Republicans hope to counter heavy press coverage of Democrats in town by talking up more moderate state Republicans.

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