The Democratic National Committee has selected Denver as the city that will host the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Three cities made it to the finals: New York, Minneapolis and Denver. Minneapolis bowed out after it was selected by the Republican National Committee last fall.
New York worked to get the show, but Mayor Bloomberg ultimately decided that it would not be in the cities best interest as it might require the city to underwrite part of the cost of the show.
As such Denver won by default, even though Chairman Howard Dean has proclaimed that having the convention in the West is good for politics, insinuating that the Democrats need to prove that they can win in any state. The default of New York City probably hurts Hillary Clinton, the transplanted home town hero the most, but even that is not too much. Holding the convention in the New York City would have required her to spend more time in the state she represents, and that is likely burden enough on top of the fact that her husband lives and works there.
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