David Holt from the Republican Convention » MSP http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention David Holt, special to NewsOK, reports from the Republican National Convention Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Why Minneapolis-St. Paul? http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention/2008/08/29/why-minneapolis-st-paul/ http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention/2008/08/29/why-minneapolis-st-paul/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:26 +0000 David Holt http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention/2008/08/29/why-minneapolis-st-paul/ stpaul.jpgPeople tend to think Oklahoma doesn’t get much Presidential campaign attention because we aren’t big enough.  That’s not nearly as important as you might believe.  Oklahoma has seven electoral votes.  Minnesota only has 10.  But Minnesota is a swing state, meaning it could go either way in November.  Oklahoma, on the other hand, hasn’t voted Democratic since 1964 in a Presidential election, so one party takes us for granted, and one party gave up on us long ago.

So the Twin Cities are hosting for two reasons – they’re a swing state, and they asked for it.  Will Oklahoma City ever host an RNC?  Well, not unless we swing to the Left a little, or we elect a President from Oklahoma who decides to do us a favor.

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