If the convention gets you any points at all where its held, then Milwaukee has to be the favorite among these 3. Florida is fools gold and if we are close in Texas then we've already won. It all hinges on WI, MI, and PA in 2020... the only 3 Trump states we need.

His name's MILT Famey! One of my favorites to tell to HS math students and none of them get it because they never seen old beer commercials haha!

There are lots of hotels between Mil. and Chi. Also there are lots of campgrounds in Wisconsin that you could never find in Miami or Houston. Problem solved!

See how far that goes....

Offer easy access. A relative has also said that the hotels are discussing shuttle service so delegates for easy transport.

Between the two cities you have plenty of nearby suburbs. I don't see delegates staying in Chicago unless they choose.

and the city's full of crazies. Miami's probably the best, but also the most expensive. IMO Milwaukee is probably the best choice. I know Texas has turned a bit more purple in the last decade, but I think Dems need to make a big footprint in the Midwest.

The Convention Center, baseball stadium, and Toyota Center are now all within walking distance of plenty of hotels and restaurants. The new Marriot Marquee is even bigger than the Hilton that was built for the Convention Center.

And Harris County and Ft Bend County both went blue for the first time in forever. There's real excitement here for Democrats after decades of hiding.

Also, I would like to go.

when you pretty much only had the Dome and the Astrohall. Here's to Texas turning blue!

Being competitive in a Senate race can't be our crowning glory.

But 2020 is set up to be a let-down. Ted Cruz is hated in a very unique way that not even Trump can match. The Republicans will be jazzed again for a presidential race. There probably won't be another Beto drive excitement. We need something to keep momentum going.

If it has been narrowed down to these three (and I can't for the life of me understand why), then the only one that makes any sense whatsoever is Milwaukee. I've only been to one of these things since I was 8 (L.A. 1960), and that was Denver, 2008. Denver was a great choice. Unless Milwaukee has undergone a huge round of renovation, and under Walker, I can't imagine it has, I would have thought plenty of other cities would have been better choices.

I was 9, so I’ve got a year on you.
I still have the ticket/pass stashed away somewhere.

Two memories I retain in detail: Groucho Marx, who I knew was famous, but not exactly why was at the poolside of some hotel my dad and I were at, and my dad told me to go up and say hi. So I did and Groucho told me to get lost. My first brush with Hollywood fame!

The other was a reception line for Hubert Humphrey, who was a family friend ever since my dad's mom has been a big fundraiser for him when he first ran for the Senate in 1948. My dad told me to tell him, "hope you get the nomination!" I did, though reluctantly, since I had no clue what a "nomination" was!

We lived in L.A., and the trip to the Sports Arena was a big deal back then. That venue was finally demolished three years ago, making way for the Banc of California Stadium, home of the MLS Los Angeles FC.

Nice of you to throw your support behind HHH! A classic, old-school pol who was a regular, upbeat guy. The world could use more like him.

When I was 15, he even sponsored me for a two week stint as a summer replacement Senate Page, so the guys who did that job year round could go home for a couple of weeks. By that time, I was 15, and knew what the hell was going on. Chatting with Bobby Kennedy in the halls of the Senate (he and my dad were friends), stuff like that. Talk about being in the middle of it!

I can't imagine chatting with RFK and Groucho telling you to "Get Lost" had me snorting my coffee this morning!

My dad was a long-term (as in 50 years!) Washington correspondent for a one-horse town in upstate New York. He opened up shop in DC in 1950 when he was 28. As the DC scene grew, his work plus his connections from his parents led him to know LOTS of people. A cousin of his was Caroline Kennedy's tutor in the JFK White House. My brother and I had brunch with her and her husband (who is 91 and looks 71) last month in DC. He is a veteran of the Selma march and the whole 1960s civil rights campaign.

Since my dad's paper was in New York State, and he had been in DC forever, he had to know all members of the New York delegation to Congress (of both parties) as well as the governor and the Canadian Ambassador. I once played in a rock band as a teenager in DC with the son of the Canadian ambassador, and we used to rehearse in the Canadian Embassy Residence with unlimited (leftover) filet mignon and Canada Dry (of course!) soft drinks. Talk about stories! We called our band "The CLockwork Orange" three years before the film came out (we all had read the book), and got trashed for our "screwy name." Just ahead of our time, that's all! Anyway, for a couple of years, Joe II and Bobby junior were my schoolmates in DC. I freaked out Bobby Junior one time when I called in to his Ring of Fire show and said "Hi Bobby, it's been a long time."

As for Groucho, we can laugh about it now. To an 8 year old kid, it was close to devastating!

I own fossils of animals that used to be my house pets!

The name is interesting, what main ingredients did it have in it?

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I dared not come to school with wet hair. Like all times, there were a lot of fun stuff among some societal bad stuff, but we survive and move on.

that naturally air-dried. Put him on silver shampoo, pro haircut, blow drying, spritz of finishing hairspray.

He would lapse back into old routine and momma-in-law would get after him. 😄

Blow driers damage hair like you won't believe. I see it regularly here in Florida with the sun and blow drying, women in their twenties and often teens have dead looking hair (actually once above the scalp surface, hair IS dead, but even that hair should have shine to it, not here in Florida unless a woman return the shine through salon appointments).

Personally, I only shampoo once per week and do a cold water rinse through on other days. Most people should do that, use a clean towel to pat dry their hair, then let it air dry, then final style it.

I can see a problem if your dad has very thick hair follicle counts, that hair takes longer to air dry. Maybe having him wear a shower cap is better.

Sorry for the aside, I just am no fan of blow drying hair.

I cut his hair and got him all the necessary stuff to get it done. He had lots of compliments.

Yeah, blow drying can wreak havoc. Also any chemical processes. It takes a balance.

Same complaint about Miami, a person can't spend every minute on the beaches.

Plus, could all us Americans stand to do a little more sweating?

I don't see that they have a choice. I understand:

That would be a helluva party!

One big party interrupted by voting.

I've never been to so many educational seminars in one week. Nonstop. Meetings with Amy Goodman, John Nichols, John Conyers, Henry Waxman, Greg Palast, Joe Biden, Dan Rather (met DU's Hissyspit at that one!), and LONG list of etc. Ran into Ralph Nader, but had no interest in hearing what he had to say.

Party? I was at exactly one of them, but was practically falling asleep, I was so tired from attending all the important stuff. I didn't last long.

You START with breakfast policy wonk sessions; move on to lunch receptions, late afternoon fundraisers, evening viewing events (if you don't have dogtags) and then after-hour parties.

They were well after MY hours. At 11PM I was exhausted after every single 14 hour day.

How far is democratic stronghold Dane County from Milwaukee? I like the beer city, even though I think beer is pee.

We don't worry about hurricanes until late August, early September. And even then, it's essentially a ten-year occurrence.

Surely there must be better choices.

Definitely someplace cooler in the summer. Or even Boston. Ok, I'm a little biased with that selection, but we would be a great choice!

was held in Philly?

that everyone seems to take for granted.

a Blue State.

Wisconsin seems the best with the choices we've seen.

I wonder what cities the DNC decided against.

Humidity is no problem for me. But outsiders invariably can't handle it and make related remarks.

Mid-July is not peak of hurricane season. In fact, we basically don't start thinking about hurricanes here until August nowadays, and mostly in September.

Milwaukee simply makes the most sense. Miamians won't care that the convention was here anyway. If the Democratic committees want to shore up Florida they need to prioritize it all year long, and not attempt a cheap fix via convention.

me, either.. in fact I like it.

But, I hear a lot of peeps complaining about it when it's happening here.. so best not, too

Good advice about Florida, AD.. or any place we go.

Hold the convention surrounding McConnell's offices. Take over the whole city.

Luck with that, Hermit..

FL is gonna be slog for us, but WI is a state we can win back more easily. Let's put DNC resources there and let our nominee have the local media coverage spotlight for a winnable state.

I wonder why they ALWAYS choose a battleground state? San Francisco would be nice I'm sure but pretty sure we don't need any momentum in California.

Neither was Colorado in 2004.

Colorado was a swing state and that convention definitely helped Obama cement his ground operation in the state. They were able to get so many new volunteers, etc. Also, the local media coverage can't be ignored. We can do the same thing for WI in 2020.

Obama in 2008 because if you look at past convention sites before that (listed below are the sites since 1932), it appears they used to generally just pick the place they felt was best (and it's obvious Chicago was their favorite before 1968):

Chicago - 1932, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1996
Philadelphia - 1936, 1948, 2016
Los Angeles - 1960, 2000
Atlantic City - 1964
Miami - 1972
New York - 1976, 1980, 1992
San Francisco - 1984
Atlanta - 1988
Boston - 2004
Denver - 2008
Charlotte - 2012

Having been there a few times on business, I've never been impressed with downtown and the hotel selection. And to be honest, for me to be interested in going to the convention, I'd want swanky amenities, good restaurants, plenty of bars in walking distance of everything, and good weather. I'd probably only go on the convention floor for the vote and the acceptance speech. I'd have no interest wearing funny hats and face painting to listen to an endless parade of party up-and-comers, outgoing party giants, and "everyday" American suffering through something the presidential candidate is supposedly going to fix.

Just seems to me the conventions dont really serve a useful purpose.

So...I guess I'm not a convention kind of guy! Lol

Key swing state.

is perfect, what with our traditionally high serial killer headcount in ebb.

Either as a delegate or to work.

I think Milwaukee is too small.

Scranton? LOL.

OK, Milwaukee.

It's the perfect fit for the type of election we'll need to run in 2020. Blue collar. Midwest. Large black population (40% black). We need Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to win in 2020 - three states NO Democrat has any business losing.

We're still an election cycle or two out from flipping Texas and I'm not sure Miami brings anything to the table because I'm convinced Florida is too far gone.

Milwaukee would be a fantastic choice.

Houston..no
Miami..no