Charlotte a Strong Contender to Host 2012 Democratic Convention
Four cities are officially in the running to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention. But after a recent site visit from about a dozen Democratic Party representatives, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx likes his city’s chances. Not that he would say one negative word about St. Louis, Cleveland or Minneapolis. He would rather talk about Charlotte’s “great new facilities” and “vibrant, can-do attitude.”
“For almost an entire generation, the Democratic Party has had a hands off attitude toward the South,” Foxx told me on Friday. Though it was barely 8 a.m., we watched as workers in a city that keeps bankers’ hours grabbed their coffee-to-go on the way to their offices. “The storyline is making the South a battleground,” the youthful Democratic mayor said, “coming to a state that has been significantly impacted by the economic downturn, proving its resilience every day.”
