Chaos for the Democrats in Boston

The NY Post’s Page Six reports that the planning for the Democrats’ National Convention in Boston is a complete mess: no press facilities, no hotel rooms, no money. The one thing they have in surplus is anti-Bush rhetoric. Herewith is a frightening microcosm of how they would run the country:

December 5, 2003 -- THE Democrats brought 500 journalists into Boston to check out the media facilities for the party's July presidential convention - but there weren't any. There's barely room in the Fleet Center for the delegates. Dem honchos said the press might have to use a parking lot, giant tents, office buildings or a mix of them all. No one is sure which yet because money is a problem, as the visiting journos learned from a front-page story in yesterday's Boston Herald. (The situation is the opposite in New York, which is doing just fine raising the bucks to host the Republicans next summer.) What's more, insiders say Boston is short of hotel rooms. Instead of showing the nonexistent facilities, the Dems yesterday served up Bush-bashing speeches, endured in stony silence by the press. Boston convention CEO Rod O'Connor even took a swipe at New York, saying: "All indications are that the Republicans have gone to New York to exploit a terrible moment in our history." Of course the Dems also contemplated coming here - and probably should have.

Boston was a much better choice…for the GOP.