DNC Convention in Boston

I tend to agree with both the New York Times and Pandagon on the issue of Boston as a selection for the DNC national convention being held in Boston.

Yeah, as a New Englander, I'm tired of being cut out of the loop of so damned much. But Boston was too easy a pick, and as the article states, Kerry is preaching to the choir up here. Even New Hampshire looks like it could become a temporarily blue state this time around, which pretty much sets up all of New England as guaranteed non-Bush territory (and our economy reflects that, trust me).

Key battleground states would have made a much better choice this time around: Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, to name a precious few. Even California or... God help me... Texas would have been better.

The GOP, at least, is taking a risk with NY. Sure, the mayor's a Republican (now, anyway.. he used to be a Dem) and so is the governor. But even if you cancel out all the protestors likely to descend on Gotham City, many New Yorkers are pissed with Bush, including the ones who supported him in 2000. Bush was there to take credit many days AFTER 9/11, but has had the big "screw you" middle finger aimed at them since. Even some dimbots are apt to see the GOP convention being held on the reasonably hallowed ground of the World Trade Center to be opportunism at its least righteous.