by Sean Bowditch

CBS anchor Katie Couric started it:

...the mother of all appearances will be in Minneapolis in September — when John McCain accepts his party's nomination.

Then Rep. Michele Bachmann — a Minnesota Congresswoman who grew up in St. Paul — appeared on CNN's Larry King Live:

I think everybody should come to Minneapolis [for the convention]. It's the most beautiful city in the United States. And everybody is going to want to come here.

Then the opening line of a story by Wall Street Journal reporter William McGurn read:

When John McCain stands before the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis one month from now, the American people will see more than a United States senator.

Even the blogs joined in. The liberal site MyDD recently ran this headline:

"Republicans Running Scared From Minneapolis"

Just so we're all on the same page, the 2008 Republican National Convention is in St. Paul.

But what's so forgettable about the city once known as Pig's Eye? That's what Erin Dady wants to know. She's the now-slightly-peeved director of marketing and convention planning for St. Paul. After the string of errors, she instructed her staff to send out a form email to any press outlet caught referring to Minneapolis as the host. In it, she very politely asks the reporter to do his/her job.