BuzzFeed - A humbled city makes its pitch to the GOP. Ethan Miller / Getty Images At the mention of hosting a national political convention, Las Vegas leaders used to scoff. They were way too busy making cash off business-driven mega-conferences to accommodate a bunch of eggheads who probably didn't gamble much, they confided in private.The weeks-long inconveniences of a convention â traffic, security perimeters, an uncontrollable press corps at a way off-brand event â in an otherwise busy venue were always considered too high a price for too small a pay-off.Well, forget that. Las Vegas is now in the hunt for the Republican National Convention with both feet, its Republican governor, senator and mega-donors all blessing a campaign that once felt beneath the, uh, dignity of Sin City.And, in Vegas parlance, they may be an odds-on favorite win."The response received four years ago in Vegas was that it wasn't a good business decision," said Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, the Republica
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