In Which City Should the DNC Convention Be Held?

[banana republican]

Poll question: In Which City Should the DNC Convention Be Held?

[liberalnurse]

1. I'd like it to be in Ohio....

Columbus or Cleveland!:dem:

[henslee]

12. Hey, I just started a GDP thread saying the same thing. I am shocked

it did not come up. We must not forget what happened there.

[liberalnurse]

15. I just saw you thread.

I think Ohio is a smart, strategic choice.

[jen4clark]

27. Yes Ohio!!

Akron!! LOL!!

No, I'm serious - AKRON - along the Cuyahoga River!!

Then we can all sing

My City Was Gone!

I went back to ohio
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
South howard had disappeared
All my favorite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces
A, o, way to go ohio

Well I went back to ohio
But my family was gone
I stood on the back porch
There was nobody home
I was stunned and amazed
My childhood memories
Slowly swirled past
Like the wind through the trees
A, o, oh way to go ohio

I went back to ohio
But my pretty countryside
Had been paved down the middle
By a government that had no pride
The farms of ohio
Had been replaced by shopping malls
And muzak filled the air
From seneca to cuyahoga falls
Said, a, o, oh way to go ohio

[Radical Activist]

2. Anywhere but the northeast or west coast

We need to appeal to middle america this time. New Orleans, Cleveland, Atlanta, St. Louis, Minneapolis. Those would all be great. Las Vegas would be a disaster. Talk about sending the wrong message!

[BlueIris]

28. I'm with ya on Vegas. No. Way.

Just...no.

[ewagner]

3. I opt for Minneapolis

so we can be "Republican Free"...do a nice tribute to Paul Wellstone.

New Orleans is a nice idea but I'm against it because the rebuilding ISN'T TAKING place and I don't want to see pictures ofDemocrats partying in comfortable surroundings in juxtaposition of people living in abject poverty/ruin. You might say that it would highlight the administration's failure to rebuild NO ... true ... but it would also make us look like "limosine liberals". Don't want that at all.

[madrchsod]

4. or chicago

it should be in the midwest

[ewagner]

6. Yeah..that would be okay too.. n/t

[hlthe2b]

5. New Orleans if possible, Denver if not...

in light of CO's strides towards bluedom and a very well respected DEM mayor...

[RagingInMiami]

7. Anything other than New Orleans

Would be another democratic blunder. That way they can make Katrina a significant part of the campaign.

[stray cat]

8. New Orleans definitely - this administrations most visible betrayal

[Montauk6]

9. This may be short-sighted but I pick New York. My rationale:

(Not that this'll ever happen but anyway...)

As a theme of "restoring America," or to be more graphic, cleaning up the smashed vases, broken furniture, puke-soaked floors, dirty dishes and empty beer bottles remaining after the outta-control frat party known as the last 8 years of GOP rule; the first symbolic gesture is to redress the desecration of this fair city by the presence of these hoods during their '04 rally, which consisted of lies, more lies, 9/11 exploitation, insulting all wounded vets with their phony mock purple hearts, etc. It also consisted in turning NYC into a gulag, with endless arrests (with almost no convictions to justify them)and free-range trampling of the 1st Amendment.

That's where my heart is on the matter; my head is with NOLA. But I needed to express my view.

[benddem]

10. chicago, Portland????

Portland would be wonderful....for me that is.

[safi0]

11. I'm against NO on moral grounds

I was appalled that the GOP chose NYC for their convention site because they were just exploiting a national tragedy. I'd like to think we are better than that.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. I'd like to think that we have learned that politics is a dirty business

And that 'being better than that' in a street fight results in getting kicked in the balls.

[Stinky The Clown]

21. Man, I wish more folks subscribed to that thinking .......

Thanks for that. A perfect statement.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Orangepeel]

23. Holding the convention there would help their economy

of which tourism is an important part. So it wouldn't be "just" exploitation, even if it is, a little. It would also be a help to them.

[yellowdogmi]

14. Chicago

Just because they refused to bid on the RNC one. The slap in the face is worth entertainment value. That and it is a heavily blue community. Plus it is close to home for me. My second choice would be New Orleans

[collegegirl211]

16. vegas all the way baby

although i like ohio and new orleans also

[Twist_U_Up]

17. Nowheres near any ports.!!!

[saltpoint]

18. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Minnesota's getting too purple for comfort

these days.

It would help boost our chances at that senate seat and help re-coalesce the old DFL folks some.

And Minnesota in the summertime is damned beautiful to boot.

[banana republican]

19. NO Needs the money the convention would bring.

Besides that would a puke go to a devistated city inorder to protest???

I don't think so.

[Dulcinea]

20. Atlanta.

We have the convention facilities & plenty of hotel rooms. And we're a blue oasis in a sea of red.

[IndianaGreen]

22. Cleveland or Milwaukee

New Orleans cannot handle the convention, and it would be considered grandstanding to hold the convention there.

New York is out of the question for a lot of reasons!

[Cocoa]

24. Sugar Land

Texas

[WinkyDink]

25. Philly.

'Cause I live near-by.

[bklyncowgirl]

26. New Orleans or some western city. nt

[melissinha]

29. Texas

We need to show that even Texas has lots of proud Democrats and that the stronghold is slipping away.

I don't think New Orleans has the infrastructure for it.... THey have more important things to do that worry about the convention.

[SaveElmer]

30. Minneapolis DESERVES it...

The most reliably Democratic state (Presidentil wise), for the last 34 years. Did not even succumb to the two Reagan landslides. Now it is becoming a bit purple, though there have been encouraging signs recently, I think it should be rewarded.

And, it would help to shore up other midwestern states.

[ChiciB1]

31. I'm Sort Of Thinking We Need To Go With Something In Florida!

But NOT Orlando! The place is a NIGHTMARE these days. My last trip from Venice to Orlando was a FOUR HOUR drive!! It's horrendous! It's usually about 2.5 hrs, but they've had construction going on there since.... Gee I can't even remember!!

I KNOW Tampa isn't HUGE, but it's a thought!!

[ChiciB1]

32. And YES... I Do Know It's NOT On the List!

Forgot to say that!

[Zynx]

33. Denver.

It proves we are serious about that part of the country.

[LincolnMcGrath]

34. Iowa City!