Of course, looking at post #21, the GOP's track record of winning the state of their host convention has been pathetic in the last 20 years. I dread the thought of Portman getting a prime time audience (even if his address has nothing to do with gay rights and he's up there blah blah blahing about tax cuts, the backstabbing weasel we will use the spotlight to promote himself nationally and help his re-election campaign), and we'll probably get the usual country club GOP dinosaurs that do nothing to inspire voters (as someone else noted John McCain, Mitt Romney, John Boehner, Bob Dole, etc.)
I'm amusing by the freepers whining about how it would have been soooooo much better to have it in "conservative" Dallas than "liberal" Cleveland, though. Texas as a whole may be conservative, but the city of Dallas is not. It has the nation's only "openly lesbian" sheriff and gave 57% of the vote to Lurch when favorite son GWB was up for re-election in 2004 (although the surrounding COUNTY of Dallas was split almost 50-50 between the candidates). Just like Cleveland, Dallas is a big urban area that is heavily influenced by Democrat minority voters, union thugs, and the liberal college crowd.
Yeah if they want a major city with an actual GOP presence, there aren’t a lot of choices. Cincy would have been better than Cleveland in that regard, so would Dallas, but Dallas is still a rat city that will vote for the 2016 rat nominee.
I guess the theme will be, “look at how America sucks after 8 years of Obama”. Hmm, maybe they should have picked Detroit.