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Reagan Hologram Planned for RNC

PRESIDENTIAL GHOSTS

But Republicans worried it would overshadow Mitt.

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Now Tupac and former President Ronald Reagan finally have something in common. Yahoo News learned that developers have created a hologram of Reagan and were planning on having it recite Reagan’s speech promoting the JOBS Act outside the convention. The hologram is made by Tony Reynolds, who helped design the Tupac hologram that debuted at Coachella in April. According to Reynolds, Republican organizers were afraid it would overshadow Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech and was put on hold. "Even in a hologram form I think Reagan's going to beat a lot of people in terms of communicating," Reynolds said. The project has been deferred until later this year or 2013.

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