GOP insider's email: political ambitions got in way of Dallas' 2016 bid

[TexasTowelie]

In the end, what really sank Dallas’ much-ballyhooed bid to host the next GOP presidential convention may have been the political ambitions of two Ohioans.

Rather than timing, fundraising or other logistics, that’s the intriguing — if gossipy — angle that emerges in private emails lamenting Cleveland’s win in getting the 2016 event.

Ray Washburne, a Dallas businessman and the GOP’s national finance chairman, floated that notion in a July email to local organizers. Washburne, well-versed in the party’s internal machinations, said Dallas’ loss came down to maneuverings by top Ohio Republicans, Gov. John Kasich and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman.

“Senator Portman and Governor Kasich, who both would like to run for president, put a lot of pressure on the committee,” wrote Washburne, referring to the 13-member selection panel. “At the end of the day, it was all business, which is political business.”

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[tanyev]

1. Good. WFAA's coverage of the possibility of hosting the GOP convention was nauseating.

I can only imagine how bad it would have been if Dallas had been chosen.