Denver officials shrugged off a report Wednesday in the Los Angeles Times’ political blog that claimed aides with the Barack Obama campaign and officials at the Democratic National Committee “are toying with” cutting the Democratic National Convention short by one day.
“I can guarantee you that’s not happening,” Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said, adding that, unless he hasn’t been told about it, discussions Wednesday with officials from the Democratic National Convention Committee and the Obama campaign indicated both camps were planning for a full convention Aug. 25-28.
Shannon Gilson, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign, told The Denver Post there were no plans to cut a day.
“Absolutely not. We think Thursday night in Denver will be very special,” she said in an e-mail.
The L.A. Times blog said its Washington bureau chief had learned of the discussions, but it cited no sources by name. The item downplayed the idea’s chances of seeing reality, stating: “The shortened-convention idea may have surfaced a bit late for it to happen.”
Chuck Plunkett and Jeffrey Leib, The Denver Post
