MINNEWISOWA 06 - 08
Posted by Andy on September 29th, 2006
Barry Casselman has a piece on why the RNC went with Minnesota for the 08 GOP convention.
Sphere: Related ContentST. PAUL. — In a surprise move, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has chosen the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis for its 2008 national convention. (The convention itself will take place in St. Paul.) The only other major national political convention ever held here was in 1892 when the Republicans met in Minneapolis to renominate President Benjamin Harrison (who subsequently lost in a rematch with former President Grover Cleveland).
Part of the surprise was the previous anticipation that it would be the Democrats who would choose the Twin Cities. In fact, leading Minnesota Democrats confirmed that it was all but certain that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) would select the Twin Cities, and that conversations with DNC Chairman Howard Dean were taking place the morning of the GOP announcement, with a final decision expected in a matter of days.