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The Xcel Energy Center will host the 2008 Republican National Convention. (MPR Photo/Toni Randolph)

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National conventions and politics

Broadcast: Midmorning, 09/29/2006, 9:06 a.m.

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The GOP convention is coming to Minneapolis-St. Paul in 2008, bringing with it national buzz. Conventions may help the economies of host cities, but are there other political benefits?

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  • Julian Zelizer: Professor of history at Boston University.
  • R. T. Rybak: Mayor of Minneapolis.
  • Kevin Parker: Executive operations director of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
  • Antonio Gonzalez: President of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project.

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