2008 Democratic Convention: Denver

In an announcement that isn't all that surprising, Denver won out over New York City as the site of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

The official announcement from Democrats.org is here.

I'm pretty enthusiastic about this, and am tentatively planning on volunteering/blogging from the convention (a cheap week for me - my sister lives in Denver. Don't have to worry about hotels and stuff :)) ), but I am a little hesitant - it looks like a union local was screwed over in the deal.

"The union has grave reservations," said Dave Minshall, who handles public relations for the stagehands. "I mean the Democrats ought to act like Democrats."

In this case, the "union" is International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 7.

The event will be held in the Pepsi Center, a non-union facility own by Stan Kroenke, who is married to Ann Walton.

Yes, that's "Walton" as in the Waltons of Wal-Mart.