Land of Sky-Blue Waters

I plan occasionally to write about the politics and history of my native state of Minnesota. Because I can.

Further to the subject of Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland, the Republican National Convention was held in Minneapolis in 1892. The Republicans renominated Harrison, who went on to lose in a rematch to Cleveland.

The 2008 Republican National Convention, scheduled to be held in St. Paul, Minnesota, will be the first such event in Minnesota since 1892. Time will, of course, tell whether the general election result is similar.