'08 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DENVER!

[originalpckelly]

'08 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DENVER!

Just announced! :bounce:

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Good pick!!

Congrads Denver!

[Sequoia]

2. Democrats in Denver!! That very red repub evil empire?!

"Yeah, though I walk through the valley of death", or rather "Yeah, though I walk through the mile high city of death..."

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Heh. We're very purple with a chance to go 100% blue

in 2008 by booting out Mallard, Xenophobic Tancredo, and (forgive me, but that's what I always call her) The Bitch from Ft. Morgan Musgrave and Dead Lamborn.

We have a full Democratic state house, senate and a newly inaugurated Democratic governor.

And 4 out of 7 Congresscritters here are Dems, and we've got the DLC Salazar that we'll eventually get rid of and replace with a true progressive Dem in '10.

[Sequoia]

7. I knew there were some good people in Denver. Purple is a cool color.

Hopefully, the snow will be melted by then.

[originalpckelly]

8. We hope. Denver and Boulder are both very progressive!

:woohoo:

[Sequoia]

10. Can't help myself here:

Friends around the campfire and everybody's high

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. do they have dates? want to reserve a room now.....

[originalpckelly]

5. Just heard it on the news.

[GardeningGal]

9. According to this article....

It's Aug. 25-28, 2008.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/10723301/detail.html

[XOKCowboy]

21. Reserve Soon or...

you might not be downtown. Even though we've gotten a lot more hotels downtown lately this convention will fill all of them up quick. One bright spot is our Light Rail system. There are hotels all along all of the lines. Check on the distance to a Light Rail station if you can't get a room downtown.

What hotels do you prefer? Perhaps I could offer some suggestions.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. That's great...

Not TOO far away from Alaska. Maybe I'll make it down.

[CK_John]

11. This means Bloomberg is going to run as an Independent. n/t

[DearAbby]

12. YES!

Wonderful news. The convention in my own backyard.

:::doing the DearAbby Okie Dokie dance:::

[originalpckelly]

13. Same dane here!

:bounce:

This is so cool!

[donco6]

14. Yay!

I was hoping this would happen. This is more than just Denver - this is the entire Rocky Mtn west sponsoring this convention. The Dems are on the rise out here!

See you in August 2008!

[MzNov]

15. Congratulatons Denver! nt

[lies and propaganda]

16. ill be the pissy one then: Should be in NOLA.

Not for exploitation, but to give the city the much needed boost for its convention business and tourism.
The message we could have sent could have huge, the help and money we could have brought to the area huge.

[NewJeffCT]

17. Even though I live in CT and NYC is an easy trip for me

I think it is great that Denver got the convention. Democrats have done some great things in the Mountain States in recent years - Tester & Schweitzer in Montana, the govenorship in Colorado, etc.

[Hawkeye-X]

20. Freudental in WY!

Of course!

[CanonRay]

18. I'm going to volunteer, if I can't get elected to be a delegate

I can crash at my sister-in-laws!

[fishwax]

19. woo-hoo!

:bounce:

I hope I can make it

:bounce:

[XOKCowboy]

22. From the local NBC affiliates website

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=62996

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has been among the biggest advocates for the event, calling on his peers in other Rocky Mountain states to turn the August 25-28, 2008 event into an opportunity to showcase the region and Denver.

"I don't care whether it's a Republican or a Democratic convention, I don't think it matters," Hickenlooper said. "What matters is you bring a convention to Denver and use that opportunity to put the city at its best and that's what we're going to do."

Nearly 19,000 hotel rooms have been set aside for the event which would be held at the Pepsi Center. Denver was in the running for the Republican convention before that party selected Minneapolis, Minnesota to hold its 2008 convention. Colorado Republican leaders say with Democratic governors in Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico and Arizona all elected since 2000, it makes sense for the party to hold its convention in this region, but they are not willing to concede any of those states to a Democratic candidate for president.