Monthly Archives: December 2005

Democratic Convention Watch: Thoughts on a Texas convention

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Thoughts on a Texas convention

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Burnt Orange Report has an interesting thread discussing the pros and cons of a Texas city hosting the 2008 Democratic National Convention, as well as comments on other potential cities. Some of the comments on Texas cities:

Having a Democratic Convention in Dallas would probably indirectly help out the local parties, but I don’t think Dallas is on shortlist for the Convention. Houston might have a reasonable chance of getting the convention. I don’t see San Antonio getting the convention at all. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Site selection timeline

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Site selection timeline

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This is the timeline for the 2008 Democratic National Convention site selection:

January 13, 2006 Deadline for cities to respond to an invitation to bid for the 2008 Convention
February 2006 A formal Request for Proposal (RFP), containing detailed specifications for hosting the 2008 Convention, is sent to interested cities
May 2006 Deadline for interested cities to submit formal responses to the RFP
Summer 2006 Site visits
Late summer 2006 Finalists named
Late Fall 2006/Winter 2007 Announcement of 2008 Convention Host City

I would expect 10-20 cities to show their interest by January 13 in hosting the convention, with 5-10 cities formally responding to the RFP. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: List of cities invited to bid for the 2008 convention

Monday, December 19, 2005

List of cities invited to bid for the 2008 convention

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Andre at Georgia Politics Unfiltered has published the list of cities invited to bid for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Interestingly, there are 35 cities, not the 33 mentioned in news reports:

Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, OR., St Louis, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Update on 2004 cities invited to bid

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Update on 2004 cities invited to bid

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I recently listed the 34 cities invited to bid on the 2004 convention, which was taken from Democracy in Action’s excellent summary of the 2004 site selection process:

Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), San Antonio, San Diego, St. Louis, St. Paul, San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Washington, DC Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Atlanta update

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Atlanta update

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Andre at Georgia Politics Unfiltered pushes an Atlanta bid:

I’ve blogged previously about Atlanta hosting the 2008 Democratic National Convention & I’m seriously thinking about actively pursuing the task of encouraging our state and local leaders to go after the Democratic National Convention.

If you go back more than forty years, Democrats have only hosted their national convention in the South twice (Miami Beach in 1972 & Atlanta in 1988). If we follow that pattern, then the South is way over-due to host the Democratic Convention again and Atlanta (other than Miami Beach and possibly New Orleans) is the only southern city with the facilities and infrastructure that is needed to host a presidential nominating convention. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: 2008 site selection summary (updated 2/24/06)

Sunday, December 11, 2005

2008 site selection summary (updated 2/24/06)

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The DNC sent out invitations to 35 cities to bid for the 2008 convention in late November ’05. On Feb 17, the DNC confirmed that eleven cities accepted the invitation to bid for the convention:

Anaheim: Held an event at the 2004 convention to kick-off their 2008 bid. With California not being competitive, and with the Dems in LA in 2000, I doubt this will happen. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: 2004 site selection – the final 4

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

2004 site selection – the final 4

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This article in Campaigns & Elections was written in August ’02 and has some fascinating information on the 2004 site selection process:

In deciding what city should host their party’s 2004 convention, Democratic National Committee officials must juggle competing interests, including the host city’s financial strength and the party’s Electoral College prospects in that state. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Denver pushes bid at fall DNC meeting (update)

Friday, December 02, 2005

Denver pushes bid at fall DNC meeting (update)

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The DNC is meeting in Phoenix this week, and Denver continues to remain the most active city. Dan Slater at Dem Notes reported on Friday:

We are also continuing to promote the concept of Denver as the 2008 convention site. So far, responses have been quite positive to the possibility. Continue Reading...

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