Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Who’s really in the running to host the convention – 5/2 update
WE’VE MOVED! Democratic Convention Watch is now at http://www.DemocraticConventionWatch.com
Looking at everything so far, I think the 2008 Democratic Convention is going to be held in one of 5 cities: Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, New Orleans or New York, with Denver the clear front-runner.
The reasoning is pretty straightforward. Denver and Minneapolis are clearly actively pursuing the convention. Detroit and New York are also strong candidates, with strong histories of hosting or bidding for previous conventions, and little negative press attached to the bids. New Orleans remains a sentimental choice for many.
Anaheim and Las Vegas are still hanging around, but clearly Denver is the class of the West here, and I don’t see how they would lose out to another Western city, especially with the Californian chair of the DNC Western Caucus wearing a “Denver 2008” button.
San Antonio and Orlando have officially dropped out, Phoenix has essentially unofficially dropped out, and Dallas is on the way out also.
Posted by Matt at 2:53 PM 
