Tampa one step closer to being rejected by the RNC?

Both local dailies are  informing the world that Tampa has been named by the Republican National Committee as one of its 4 finalists to host the 2012 Republican National Convention.

Other reports indicate that Pheonix and Salt Lake City are two of the other semi finalists.  But no word on that fourth city as of yet.

(The RNC is not commenting).

Although skepticism about the St. Pete Times Forum being host of the four day confab still remains high in some quarters, obviously, the odds are much better now that the city could be named by the RNC (there had been as many as 16 cities in the hunt).

This article appears in Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2010.