RNC Cleveland.

It's official...the 2016 Republican National Convention is coming to Cleveland.

I recently wrote about this with some skepticism.  Really, I was hoping it was just a ploy by the GOP to rally at least a little support in our dear swing state.

But the Republican Committee went ahead and did it.

This move is likely a symbol of the 2016 elections as a whole.  Either the Republican Party has learned nothing in its eight years of defeat (2010 excluded), or there is something so brilliant going on that we don't even know it's brilliant.  I mean, Cleveland?  Really?  This is a staunchly Democrat town in the heart of the Rust Belt.  It is the opposite of "cool."  I can say from experience that Beltway types often gasp when hearing of a bright young professional who chooses to stay in the Midwest.

But it is a swing state, both politically and economically.  Maybe the GOP sees that its only chance of winning is engaging those far away from the eastern seaboard.

I'm still pretty skeptical, though.  It's not called the "Stupid Party" for nothing.