MSNBC reporting GOP has picked Tampa, Florida, for their 2012 Convention. Week of 8/27.

[flpoljunkie]

Mike Allen, from Politico, is reporting this.

[AndyA]

1. That will be a great time to avoid the Tampon area.

With that many idiots concentrated in the area, it's best to just stay away. :puke:

[flpoljunkie]

2. They turned down Phoenix and Salt Lake City. Perhaps a message to Romney?

[harkadog]

17. As a resident of Phoenix there is no way either party would

pick it in the Summer. It is not the place to be, particularly for the older crowd.

[laruemtt]

3. let them breathe deep

and take in the effluvia their drill-baby-drill mentality has wrought on the Gulf. enjoy, a**holes...........

[rurallib]

12. That little mistake should have killed the Gulf by then

They can go down and enjoy their triumph over regulation.

[peekaloo]

4. I fart in their general direction!

Tampa officials really lobbied hard for this circus. If true I'm sure local news stations will be orgasmic. :eyes:

[jefferson_dem]

5. More here -

The Republican National Committee's site-selection committee is expected to name Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday as site of the party’s 2012 convention, top Republicans tell POLITICO.

The site-selection committee is scheduled to announce a choice among three finalists: Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Tampa. The committee has made high-publicity visits to the top prospects, which put on the dog to show what they could do for the GOP.

"It comes down to Florida being a key targeted state in the past several elections, and it'll continue to be in future elections," a top GOP operative said. "There's a practical effect, in that it'll bring a lot of attention and resources to a targeted state."

The GOP convention will be held the week of Aug. 27. The site-selection committee has not taken its formal vote yet. The nomination will get an up-or-down ratification vote at the RNC’s summer meeting.

Republican operatives say a camp within the party favored Salt Lake City because of the uncertainty in the Sunshine State's Senate and gubernatorial races. But others argue that if anything, the convention would boost the party's Senate candidate, Marco Rubio.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37129.html

[SpiralHawk]

6. Oil cronies (R) to congeal in oil-desecrated Gulf city

Contaminators (R) meet the contaminated.

[Kdillard]

7. I am surprised. I guess they are hoping it turns red again.

[onpatrol98]

20. My thoughts exactly...

I think this is their signal that they plan on Florida being an important state going red.

[Zen Democrat]

8. Oh, to hear that chant of Drill, Baby, Drill on the Gulf Coast in 2012!

With Sister Sarah leading the singing.

[graywarrior]

9. WMNF will have a field day

[TuxedoKat]

10. That seems awfully late

If the Dems go after the Repbub convention, it will be in September. During the last convention I heard that traditionally the party in power went second.

[blm]

13. Olympics. Remember that asshat McAuliffe went SO early in July that it immediately put Kerry in the

position of being UNABLE to spend his primary money after the convention and would be forced into using the general election money for the 6 weeks Bush was still using his primary money. In between the 2 conventions American people had the Olympics, Labor Day and then Republican Convention.

McAuliffe didn't give a crap about Dem party as chair of the DNC - his only focus since Hillary2000 was Hillary2008.

[Sebastian Doyle]

27. I used to think he was the worst DNC chair ever

but Tim Kaine is really trying to take the title. :puke:

[tanyev]

11. Right in the middle of hurricane season.

Good luck with that.

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. We can hope

:evilgrin:

[thatsrightimirish]

14. food for thought

The republicans have not carried a state where they have held their convention since 1992.

[KingFlorez]

15. Plenty of time for the city of Tampa to prepare for a wave of pestilence

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. Political Wire Reporting...

Notes that Tampa is considered the "Lap Dance Capitol of the United States" with more than 50 Gentlemen's Clubs in the area.

Alrighty Then!

[flpoljunkie]

21. Now that's rich!

[goclark]

18. Isn't that where Jeb Bush lives - in Florida?

[flpoljunkie]

23. Jeb lives in the Miami area.

[Arkana]

19. On 8/27/2012, thousands of old white men will converge on a Florida city.

In other words, it will be no different from any other day in Florida.

[Jennicut]

22. Dear lord. Hide the women and children!

Will they be in bathing suits? Do we have to see McConnell in one? Boner will work on his orange tan, of course.

[oviedodem]

24. Dummies are actually going to ANOTHER hurricane spot

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

25. Tampa is fast-becoming a Democratic bastion. I could be wrong about that, though. n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

28. Journalists will have a field day.

All the strip clubs in Tampa mean lots of chances to catch GOP members being blatant hypocrites about "family values."

Damn, I wish I still had a former roommate's number. He was on our side of the political line and he was dating a stripper. We could have run an entrapment-and-exposure scheme.

[Sherman A1]

29. Should be plenty of hotel rooms

as one reports that Tampa Bay is preparing to evacuate due to the oil heading it's way.

[Ishoutandscream2]

30. What? It won't be held on 9/11?