Sarah Palin, Stripper? Tampa Gets Ready for GOP

The local Tampa press has been on this for awhile but now the NYT joins in with piece on how the city's strip clubs are prepping for the upcoming GOP convention. Yes, there's even a Sarah Palin pole-dancing lookalike (above) who will grin and bare it, you betcha, for all those faith-based Republicans.  Angelina Spencer, the executive director of the Association of Club Executives, which serves as a trade association for strip clubs, said an informal survey of convention business in New York and Denver had determined that Republicans dropped more money at clubs,  "hands down" (so to speak). By the way, my book on the 2008 campaign charts the rise and fall of the "real" Palin.

Next from NYT: How Tampa's gay clubs are also getting ready for GOPers? (h/t @tpabob46)