Now things are REALLY going to hit the spotlight! Charlotte, NC, which as you know from reading this site is where American Renaissance is catching hell for trying to hold their conference there this weekend, was one of the cities vying to be the location of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, where President Obama will presumably accept his nomination for a second term. The other city was St. Louis – where the Council of Conservative Citizens is based. Well, the news just broke an hour ago, courtesy of Michelle Obama: On the week of Sept. 3, 2012, Democrats will be in Charlotte! Now comes all the preparations and….cleanup. We are expecting more on this, but for now, let’s ponder for a moment how much MORE fun this weekend’s Am-ROUT is going to be! There is not going to be one hotel, one restaurant, one meeting or catering hall in the Charlotte area that would want to be known as the place a racist conference is held the when this convention comes to town. A venue gets that stigma, might as well close up shop for that week since they won’t be seeing too much business. Oh yes, ponder indeed! UPDATE 2-1-11: You might be able to stop pondering now. The news is now coming in via blogs and comments on Stormfront that the 2011 American Renaissance Conference is officially cancelled! We need to get more info, and we will have it to you as soon as possible. Too bad tomorrow is Groundhog’s Day, because we want to live this day over and over again!
USA Today
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said the party’s decision to host its 2012 convention in Charlotte means President Obama intends to play on an “extended map” in the next campaign.
Kaine, in a telephone interview with USA TODAY, played down some bitter feelings coming from St. Louis and Missouri politicians who feel as though they lost out in the convention sweepstakes because of politics. He said St. Louis did a “marvelous job” with its convention bid.
“We’re very focused … and committed to playing with an extended map,” said Kaine, one of the first Democratic governors to endorse Obama for president while he was Virginia’s chief executive.
Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., issued a statement shortly after first lady Michelle Obama officially announced Charlotte as the 2012 site, criticizing the DNC for not choosing “a swing state that’s in the heartland of swing states.”
Obama’s narrow 2008 victory in North Carolina was the first for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976. By comparison, Kaine noted, Obama lost perennial bellwether Missouri to Republican John McCain by “a few thousand votes.”
“We worked hard in North Carolina,” Kaine said. “Democrats will win it again.”
Kaine vowed that Obama will “play strong” as well in Missouri and won’t cede that state or the Midwest.
Cleveland and Minneapolis were the other finalists to host the Democratic convention, which will be the week of Sept. 3, 2012. Democrats will renominate Obama and Vice President Biden a week after Republicans choose their standard bearer in Tampa.
Our colleague Chuck Raasch of the Gannett Washington Bureau notes that this is the third time in the past 11 presidential elections that both political conventions will be held in a state of the old Confederacy.
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