something sounds like it s up there. and third time s the charm. tampa won out over phoenix and salt lake city yesterday and will be the site of the 2012 republican convention. get ready, a sign cedsaid, to s the wave. charlie crist s relationship to the republican party is a little more complicated with national republicans telling him to give back donor money. he was asked yesterday before the announcement was made whether he had any thoughts onta tampa s bid. obviously as a floridian, i hope it comes here. we could use the jobs. after here i m going to register officially as a no-party affiliate. that was part of an event yesterday to leave the party officially. florida a perennial battleground state. you d think florida would have scored more conventions, but the last time the party conventions, any party convention was held in