Troubling news from Denver, which, you'll recall, responded to the historic challenge of hosting next month's Democratic convention by requiring that all food served during the event should include at least three items that were red, green, yellow, blue/purple, or white. (Not counting garnishes.) But that's only the start, the LA Times reports: fundraising for the event is lagging $10m behind targets, and Obama's plan to give his acceptance speech in an 80,000-seater stadium is turning into a "logistical migraine." Worst of all, special Denver daisies that were designed to bloom during the convention don't appear to be growing properly. Denver mayor John Hickenlooper half-wishes the city had never agreed to host the thing in the first place:
Hickenlooper referred to the event as the "blasted convention" and compared it to a summer he spent painting a house for which he was never paid. "If we'd known back then what we know now, we'd never have done it," he said, before quickly adding, "and what an incredible shame that would have been."
...because, after all, painting a house and hosting the biggest event of the world's biggest election campaign are kind of roughly similar, when you think about it.
