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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 04:14 PM
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Dean Announces Dates for 2008 Dems Convention

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174562,00.html

Dean Announces Dates for 2008 Dems Convention

WASHINGTON — The 2008 Democratic National Convention will be held from Monday, Aug. 25 through Thursday, Aug. 28 after the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Democratic chairman Howard Dean (search) announced Friday.

Democrats will decide where they will hold the the convention sometime after the 2006 midterm elections, party spokesman Josh Earnest said. Dean will appoint a committee to consider bids from various cities and come up with a recommendation, Earnest said.

The Summer Olympics in Beijing are set to start Aug. 8 and run for about two weeks.
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Daylin Byak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 04:16 PM
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1. Here's a good idea...
Edited on Fri Nov-04-05 04:17 PM by Daylin Byak
COME TO PITTSBURGH HOWIE,come to a city where dems outnumber republicans 5 to 1, it's a perfect place to hold a democratic convention
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 04:21 PM
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2. Does Pgh have enough hotel space for something like that?
I moved from there several years ago, and I don't think they did then.
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 05:33 PM
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4. The New Convention Center was designed for such an event
but I too am not sure about hotels and lack of a big mass transit system sucks.
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hopein08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 05:38 PM
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6. As much as I'd like Pittsburgh (live in Erie right now)...
I think it would be interesting to do it in a red state, in a relatively red city. You know, like the farce the Repubs pulled in New York. If Tom DeLay thinks Austin is too liberal for his trial, why not somewhere like that? Invade their territory, just like they did ours.

Any which way it happens, I want it to be close to me or I want to be part of it somehow. How do you get to be a delegate and all that?

Hmmm...anyway, just my humble opinion.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 10:37 PM
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18. I like that idea...
and I'd like to go if it's held there.

Pittsburgh impresses me as a city of workers who know how to appreciate the Arts. They've got a world-class symphony, wonderful museums...so many cultural attractions.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 04:42 PM
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3. How about Minnesota...the ONLY state
To vote Democratic in every Presidential election since 1972...

The only state to resist the Reagan sweeps

Home of the great Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondae, Eugene McCarthy, Orville Freeman, and Paul Wellstone!!

Seems like that kind of loyalty desrves some recognition!!!
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freedom_to_read Donating Member (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 05:34 PM
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5. Saint Paul / Mpls would be a nice venue
A lovely city, I lived there from 1990-1995. I have fond memories of days spent exploring the banks of the Mississippi.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 06:21 PM
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12. I think that's a great idea
Are there union hotels there?
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 06:13 PM
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10. Good idea. I am proud of our voting record.
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loro mi dicevano Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 08:09 PM
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15. Yes! Absolutely!
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leQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 08:34 PM
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16. or iowa (/sarcasm)
i'd go for minnesota tho.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 05:43 PM
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7. I got another idea - hold the convention in Texas
I'd naturally pick Dallas for the selfish reason that I wouldn't have to drive very far, but Austin would be a great location because of the political makeup of the city and as a symbolic slap in the face for Nero.

There's also Houston, San Antonio, and Fort Worth to consider...
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 05:47 PM
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8. Come to Houston Texas
Edited on Fri Nov-04-05 05:49 PM by AnneD
We are pretty blue here. We have alot of Katrina people that are now DEM's, we have plenty of space and best of all........you'll be in Bush's back yard :evilgrin:
Oh and don't worry about our concealed guns-even us DEM's here go to the firing range. Our state moto has been changed from Friendship to I'll Kick Your Ass. To be a DEM here you have to be tough so we can handle just about any orange alert the Bush fear mongers throw at us.


Derby-we bumped heads reaching for the same coin ;)
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Rainscents Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 05:47 PM
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9. Great idea!!! Please, come to Seattle!!!
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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 06:25 PM
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13. I second that! Maybe we could paint a donkey on the Space Needle.
Hey, they're gonna paint it either Husky purple-and-gold or Cougar crimson-and-gray depending on the results of the Hurricane Relief fundraiser...could be a good selling point to get the Dems here...
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 06:19 PM
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11. The convention should be in New Orleans
Just keep an eye on Clinton.

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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-05 11:36 AM
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23. Definitely, New Orleans
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 06:32 PM
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14. I'm hoping we have a media
then that will report the facts and not go on and on about how the "Democrats don't have a message", among other such disparaging epitaphs!!
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-05 08:51 PM
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17. How about NYC?
Unlike the Republicans, we will actually be welcome there. Democrats outnumber Republicans 5-1 there, I believe.
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Citizen Kang Donating Member (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-05 01:16 AM
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19. The Convention needs to be in a Red State
We need to bring our message to the Red States who will be tired of Bush and the GOP in 2008. I'd recommend Denver. Phoenix would be another good city but it is still building an infrastructure (Convention Center, hotels, etc) to be able to host such an event.
Atlanta would be another great spot. So would Cleveland, St.Louis or Indianapolis.
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jamesinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-05 08:09 AM
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21. Alabama!
Mississippi would be another great location.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-05 05:52 AM
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20. Anywhere would be just fine with me
I was able to be a very tiny part of the Boston DNC, and would love the chance to travel to the next one.

There are a few places I would not want it to be, however:

Crawford, Texas
anywhere in Florida (not for political reasons, but because of the heat!!)
South Carolina
most places in Texas
Alaska


Some great thoughts about where we could do it:

New Mexico
Las Vegas
Hawaii
Sedona, Arizona
Buffalo, NY
NYC
Colorado
Cape Hatteras
Cape Cod
Atlanta

someplace scenic and pretty. :)
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zann725 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-05 11:27 AM
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22. But can he give us the dates for the Shrubco Impeachment?
n/t
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