Second banana St. Paul
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As the Republican National Convention gets closer, one can feel the frustration building that St. Paul, where the
theatrical peformances
convention sessions will be held each evening, is playing second fiddle to Minneapolis.
The New York Times, up until recently, has been referring to the convention being in Minneapolis. And it was only this week that some bosses in the newsroom got an apology from National Public Radio for referring to the convention being in the city that is not the state's capital.
Now if someone would just tell the Republican National Convention organizers who have given Minneapolis top-billing in its video slideshow blog posting introducing the convention to attendees. It's too bad because the St. Paul video is much better than Minneapolis'.
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