For all their big talk about creating more jobs and improving the welfare of American workers, Democrats aren't practicing what they preach in downtown Denver.

At least in one industry…

The political convention is kind of a bust for downtown strip clubs, but techies in town for next week's electronics show should give the clubs a boost, one exotic dancer said.

Michelle Horning, a dancer at La Boheme, said business is slower this week than normal because there is a big lull in customers in the evenings during the political speeches.

Geez, what does it say about the Democrats when local dancers are expecting more friskiness from a convention of tech nerds? I guess this is the point at which we have to stop comparing Barack Obama to John F. Kennedy.

This is also the point at which we have to mention that Bill Clinton is going to be skipping Obama's big speech tonight, for unspecified reasons.

I'm just saying.