Posted on 03/21/2008 8:32:49 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
DENVER --
The long and winding fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is giving a fundraising migraine to the Mile High City.
As the host city, Denver must raise $40.6 million by June 16 for the party's Aug. 25-28 convention. This week, the host committee missed its second fundraising deadline, and Mayor John W. Hickenlooper said he believed the drawn-out battle between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois had distracted potential donors.
"I think there's still so much focus around who the candidate will be that it is hard for people" to focus on the convention, he said.
If the Democrats already had a nominee, "everybody would be focusing on 'How can we make it a great convention?' " he said.
Denver's host committee fell $5 million short of its goal to raise $28 million by March 17. Committee officials declined to comment, but said in a written statement that they had commitments for $28 million.
"Our strategy," committee spokesman Chris Lopez said in a statement, "is to raise as much money in the months leading up the convention as we can. That's the fiscally prudent thing to do, and we're making our donors aware that we need their financial support now. Our team is working aggressively to meet all of our goals."
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Why is Denver on the hook for anything? What makes a political party so special? Do convention cities normally agree to raise funds to host gatherings of beauticians, morticians, and the like? I don't think so. So how come the DNC gets a gov't subsidy?
If they were smart, they’d bring in Romney to fix the DNC just like he fixed the Olympics!
I live in the furthest reaches of the Western Slope and don't plan on going anywhere near the Front Range that week.
OMG! Just think of the global warming!
“Why is Denver on the hook for anything? What makes a political party so special? Do convention cities normally agree to raise funds to host gatherings of beauticians, morticians, and the like? I don’t think so. So how come the DNC gets a gov’t subsidy”
Cities with inferiority complexes are always willing to be suckers and pay someone to be called “a world class city”. The PTB in Denver are always trying to prove we are “as good as” New York and are willing to pay huge amounts of tax-payer dollars to prove it. Most of the taxpayers were happier when we were just a cow town.
I’m in the foothills about 60 miles south...have a clear view of downtown from my hot tub. It’s a little far away, but I should be able to see the flames after dark.
Isn't this an illegal contribution?
Or are they giving the same amount to the The Republicans?
Thought not.
They’ll need the Colorado National Guard, so add that on.
They should of held the convention in South Park.
No, seriously.... How come they just didn’t go to George Soros and ask him? Or maybe they should just tax all the rich liberals who vacation in Aspen.
They picked Denver to make themselves appear centrist. :’) But you’re right, during the 1990s carjacking epidemic in the LA area, a number of big name celebs bought ranches and whatnot in the mountain states, claiming they just wanted to get away from the Hollywood celebrity hustle-bustle.
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