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Related: About this forumMayor de Blasio bids for Barclays Center to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention
CORINNE LESTCH
Brooklyn's Barclays Center is already home to basketball and some of the world's biggest pop stars - and may be the next home of the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Mayor de Blasio on Thursday sent out a bid for the Big Apple to host the liberal gathering, touting the "spectacular" Brooklyn arena as the perfect event space in a letter to DNC Chairwoman and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
"The progressive spirit of New York City has never been stronger or more vibrant than it is today," he wrote. "We believe that this spirit can energize and captivate both the Democratic Party and the nation."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/mayor-de-blasio-bids-barclays-center-host-2016-democratic-national-convention-blog-entry-1.1820003#ixzz33tG8iFLo
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i pass through Atlantic Term every morning and evening...
maybe i'll schedule a week off
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I doubt we will get it though.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)So picking a purple state or a state that is blue but could turn red like Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania might be a better option.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)and that failed miserably.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I had friends who were detained in 2004.
