I’ve been a naysayer when it comes to St. Louis’ chances of hosting the 2012 Democratic National Convention, but Politico and several other sources said last Friday that it would most likely come down to St. Louis or Charlotte, N.C.
I chatted with Brian Wahby, chairman of the St. Louis City Democratic Central Committee and point man for the effort to get the convention, at last week’s City-County Democratic Holiday Party. He said St. Louis’ bid is soaring because “people realize it’s not a red (state) or blue (state) thing. It’s a green thing.”
The green being money, of course.
Charlotte is a banking center—but who wants to go there and invite all kind of bank-bailout, failed-stimulus talk from the GOP?
The other finalists are Cleveland and Minneapolis.
Cleveland is… Cleveland. Besides, that city is too wrapped up in LeBron James hatin’ to properly prepare for the convention.
Guess where the nightly convention sessions would be held in Minneapolis? Yep, the Metrodome. The roof should be fixed by then, but who really wants to hang out there if high winds or thunderstorms roll in?
Here’s a bit of Dem National Convention trivia: St. Louis became the first city west of the Mississippi to host the convention, on June 27-29, 1876. Lt. Gen. George Armstrong Custer and his men were wiped out at the Little Big Horn the day before it convened.
