Well, it worked for Reagan in '80...
Yeah if they want a major city with an actual GOP presence, there aren’t a lot of choices. Cincy would have been better than Cleveland in that regard, so would Dallas, but Dallas is still a rat city that will vote for the 2016 rat nominee.
I guess the theme will be, “look at how America sucks after 8 years of Obama”. Hmm, maybe they should have picked Detroit.
Well, it worked for Reagan in '80...
A lot of these freepers complaining about the GOP having conventions in cities filled with liberals don't seem to realize that major urban areas, by default, tend to be leftist. Conservatives do best in rural areas and RATs do best in big cities, with a handful of exceptions to these rules (e.g. some areas of rural Mississippi lean heavily RAT because of the large black population).
Even in states that are OTHERWISE solidly conservative, a lot of the major cities are overrun with insane RATS, even in places like Salt Like City, Boise, Dallas, Indianapolis, etc.
There was a study a while back of the most conservative cities in America, and while you could find numerous examples of American cities over 100,000 where the mayor and nearly all the elected officials would share our values, none of these cities would be very logical choices for hosting a national convention. The "finalists" for conservative cities with big populations would be something along these lines:
1 Provo, UT
2 Oklahoma City, OK
3 Colorado Springs, CO
4 Anchorage, AK
5 Gilbert, AZ
6 Lubbock, TX
7 Overland Park, KS
8 Tulsa, OK
9 West Valley City, UT
10 Ft. Wayne, IN