Democrats choose Denver for 2008 Presidential convention.

[techs]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/16436649.htm

Denver to host '08 Democratic convention

Democrats selected Denver to host their 2008 presidential convention, turning down New York in favor of a problematic but enthusiastic bid from a city in the increasingly Democratic Rocky Mountain West.

"There is no question that the West is important to the future of the Democratic Party," Democratic Chairman Howard Dean said in a statement Thursday. "The recent Democratic gains in the West exemplify the principle that when we show up and ask for people's votes and talk about what we stand for, we can win in any part of the country."


As I have previously posted the Dems should disregard the South and concentrate on securing the Western states. Trying to reconcile the Dems secular government policies and the South's sectarian orientation is impossible. The West, however, is just what the Dems policies fit. The only problem the Dems have in their policies in the West has been gun control. And the Dems are moving to a states rights platform on guns. What works in New York is different than what works in Colorado. Once the big bugaboo of gun control is gone the Dems can have the West to themselves. This will give them a solid majority, perhaps for 10-20 years. At that time the South will have grown so much with Northern immigrants, the growth of legal immigrants and the rise of dissatisfaction with low paying jobs plus the needs of an aging population, that the South will once again be Democratic.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the thin air in the Mile High City may keep the Dems speeches short.

 

[ayabe]

The "big bugaboo of gun control" is not going away anytime soon. A quarter of the pages on myspace have people showing off their gats.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: ayabe
The "big bugaboo of gun control" is not going away anytime soon. A quarter of the pages on myspace have people showing off their gats.

Yes, but if the Dems come out for allowing each state to make their own decision on gun controls it takes it out of national politics. And allows pro-gun Dem candidates to fit into the party in the West.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: techs

As I have previously posted the Dems should disregard the South and concentrate on securing the Western states.

Trying to reconcile the Dems secular government policies and the South's sectarian orientation is impossible.

The West, however, is just what the Dems policies fit. The only problem the Dems have in their policies in the West has been gun control. And the Dems are moving to a states rights platform on guns. What works in New York is different than what works in Colorado. Once the big bugaboo of gun control is gone the Dems can have the West to themselves. This will give them a solid majority, perhaps for 10-20 years. At that time the South will have grown so much with Northern immigrants, the growth of legal immigrants and the rise of dissatisfaction with low paying jobs plus the needs of an aging population, that the South will once again be Democratic.

I spent most of the year in Denver.

I've said for a long time the South is a traitor to the U.S. and needs it's ass kicked again.