Three dozen other cities are planning convention centers or awaiting financing.
Organizers of the Arizona planning convention say that while its primary purpose is to hash out the rules for an official Article 5 convention, they also hope it will assuage lawmakers' fears.
Unfortunately, that sentiment is not shared by the people who actually plan conventions.
People who plan conventions and other meetings decided early last summer that they had had enough of the nickel-and-diming, and the weak hotel market gave them the leverage to do something about it.
New for 2012, in addition to the truth-or-dare duality, are requests to "Find out why this is the summer to visit Denver" and a microsite, or special Web site, truthordaredenver.com, aimed at those who plan conventions and travel for large groups like associations.
It's not in Las Vegas, where the swanky Venetian Hotel has been suing the Tes Party Nation for more than $600,000, for canceling a planned convention last fall when it couldn't deliver nearly enough people for the more than 1,800 hotel rooms it had once reserved.
Forget vacation plans or conventions.
Though their goals may not always appear in synch, the party and city officials planning the convention portray the event and their willingness to work on it as a marriage of opportunities.
While Obama was spending three hours watching "The Dark Knight" five time zones away, and going to a fund-raiser featuring "Aloha attire" and Hawaiian pupus, Hillary was busy planning her convention.
And on cable Mr. Brokaw will also face new competition from World Wrestling Entertainment on Spike, and even from ESPN, whose morning program "Cold Pizza" is planning some convention-related coverage.
