Thursday, January 11, 2007

Dems to Denver

After much delay, the Democratic National Committee has finally decided, and they're going to Denver, not New York, for the 2008 national convention. Howard Dean has sent out a release, and will make it official later this afternoon.

Colorado is a red state rapidly turning blue. Its 9 electoral votes went to Bush by a mere 100,000 votes in '04, and at the same time elected a Democratic Senator (Ken Salazar, a short-list VP possibility). In '06 the state easily elected a Democratic governor to an open seat.

The Democratic nominating convention going there might not only help the Democrat Presidential nominee's chances in the state, but could boost Congressman Mark Udall's chances of taking the Senate seat now held by Republican Wayne Allard. It could also have a regional affect. Of course, these effects, if any, are bound to be slight.

The GOP decided some time ago to hold their convention in Minneapolis.

1/11/2007 12:44:55 PM by David S. Bernstein | Comments [2] |

Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:44:27 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Finally the DNC is following Horace Greeley's advice to "Go West" As Thomas Schaller writes in his new book Whistling Past Dixie, the west is the growth area for Democrats. In addition to the 2004 victories of Gov. Brian Schweitzer in MT and the Salazar brothers in CO (John is a potato grower who will help write the new 2007 Farm Bill as a member of the House Agriculture Committee), 2006 saw the election of Jon Tester in MT and Rep. Ed Perlmutter in CO-7. Lets hope that 100 years after William Jennings Bryan was nominated in Denver for his third White House bid, the Democrats can retake the White House by winning in the mountain west.

Hilltowner

Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:57:33 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

I'm sure it will help Mr. Udall just as much as having it in Massachusetts helped John Kerry in 2004!

Peter Porcupine

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