Posted on 02/26/2010 5:23:48 PM PST by iowamark
The Republican National Committee named three cities on Friday as potential hosts for the 2012 Republican National Convention: Phoenix, Tampa and Salt Lake City.
The finalists emerged after multiple cities submitted bids to the RNC by the committee's January 15 deadline.
"These cities submitted three very strong bids, so all three are in contention," Holly Hughes, an RNC member from Michigan who chairs the RNC Site Selection Committee, told CNN. "Hosting a convention is a huge deal. A city has to raise multiple millions of dollars, but they also get the benefit of showcasing their city and bringing in revenue."
A 12-member RNC Site Selection Committee will visit the cities in late March and early April to meet with local officials and evaluate the potential sites - and will then make their final recommendation to the RNC. The full 168-member committee will vote to select the host city at the RNC's summer meeting in July.
"Phoenix, Tampa, and Salt Lake City are all amazing American cities and I wish them the best of luck with their bids," RNC chairman Michael Steele said in a statement...
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Freudian slip! Should read RNC!
All pretty decent red states.
Screw the blue states.
“control of the DNC. “
good point ... DNC
wish the conservative republicans were in control
Please don’t come to Phoenix...............
I vote Tampa.
cnn is behind. We knew this news a month back.
I recall comments about the weather in Phoenix and Tampa compared to SLC.
FWIW, I hope it’s Tampa.
Salt Lake for Mitt and his fellow cult members.
Utah is the best state to host the convention. Remember, in the 1992 elections Bill Clinton placed third. Only state in the union to make that claim.
Mrs. Prince of Space
They should have it in Vegas...
Tampa would be a good bet...But kind of hot durring summer and might have Hurricanes to deal with....But other than that Good Food, Good Cigar District(If you like that), and being in Florida maybe the Great Maha Rushie might visit.......
Wonder where the Dems will hold their convention?? Co-penHAGen..Pohkestan...or Cuba????
Do it in Las Vegas
They should have it in Tampa. In Phoenix the open-border nutjobs will protest by the thousands and be a serious distraction. In Salt Lake, the Dem-media complex will rant for the whole week that the party of white folk chose the whitest state in the union. I vote Tampa.
Not to mention that Mitt will feel very put out if he isn't chosen.
We went to Tampa for the Outback Bowl—Auburn/NW—and had a wonderful time. If anyone goes there you have to eat at The Columbia Restaurant.
Tampa would be nice on the heels of a 2010 Rubio win :-)
“Utah is the best state to host the convention.”
Screw Utah. Every time I drove through there my turn signals stopped working... That’s got to be important.
Good one!
I’d go with Tampa because Florida is considered a purple state. Utah and Arizona are, in my opinion, safer for the GOP.
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