Queen City DNC Downgrade
Organizers for the Democratic National Convention have announced that their big Labor Day shindig is relocating from Charlotte Motor Speedway to uptown Charlotte. The local host committee, along with the usual uptown lunch bunch crowd, is desperately trying to spin the move as a way to provide both easier logistics and also create “an experience that people feel like they have a taste of the convention.”
A taste of the convention? What, pepper spray and tear gas? In any event, recall that “engaging Americans in a meaningful way” was the same excuse organizers gave for trimming the DNC from four to three days and, ironically, moving the opening day to Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The official line from DNC organizers has the slide back to the Queen City unrelated to convention fundraising woes. Move along, nothing to see here. Except when there is. This from Bloomberg:
The move comes as party planners are grappling with a fundraising deficit of roughly $27 million, according to two people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss internal party politics. With a party ban on direct contributions from corporations, the host committee has raised less than $10 million, well short of its $36.6 million goal, said one of the people.
Jim Treacher’s take over at The DC: “At this rate, they’ll be holding their convention in a back booth at Applebee’s.”
Or maybe a strip club (it’s a safe link, with an interesting take from WFAE on convention, um, job creation).
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