In what the La Times is calling a “crowded August calendar” Barack Obama and the DNC are toying with the Idea of shortening the Democrat Convention one day in order to gain an extra day of post nomination bounce.
Barack Obama’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are toying with a convention scheduling change that has been broached before in theory but never seriously considered: cutting the party’s conclave in Denver short by one day to give Obama an extra day of post-nomination bounce in the crowded August calendar.
For the last several decades — when conventions became forums that merely rubber-stamp a presumptive nominee — they have traditionally run from Monday through Thursday. Increasingly, both parties have struggled to offer something of interest during the first couple of convention nights, and the television networks have responded by dramatically reducing live coverage. The only truly significant event has been the nominee’s acceptance speech, delivered during prime time on Thursday evening.
But Obama aides have floated the idea of ending the Denver convention on Wednesday, Aug. 27, instead of Thursday, Aug. 28.
The reason is the calendar. This year — unlike in the past, when there was some separation between the two gatherings — the Republican convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul is scheduled to begin four days later, on Monday, Sept. 1. The result, many Democrats believe, could be that Obama would not get the poll number bounce that nominees usually get immediately after being officially anointed.
Hey I’m all for Dems ending their convention a day earlier than expected and it goes right along with the Obama’s campaign of seemingly doing everything he can to piss off his rank and file Democrats who look forward to the convention not to mention local business owners and other locals who profit handsomely from having the convention in their town.
BTW - as the article mentioned McCain is likely to announce his running mate after the D Convention so a extra day of polling for Obama won’t matter, the spotlight will on that announcement.
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