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2037-10-10: A terrorist bomb is detonated in the lobby of the Hyatt Hotel in Denver, where many convention delegates and press are staying. Although the bomb itself is ineffective and of an incredibly crude design (it is believed to have merely injured three by-standers), the resulting panic and disorderly evacuation of other nearby hotels, convention center, and state capitol a few blocks away would result in at least a dozen deaths. Although modern consensus among investigators of the incident have concluded the plot to likely be the sole work of Jerome Smith, a severely mentally-ill local resident with apparently radical yet incoherent political beliefs who subsequently committed suicide, the bombing causes the already extremely-heated political atmosphere to boil over, with political persuasions of every stripe accusing everyone else of the plot and every other crime imaginable. Even the most moderate delegates levied such allegations, citing that the bombing was part of a plan by the extremist delegates to drive the nation further apart.
2037-10-11: Delegates from several states of the Lewis and Clarke Compact vote to relocate themselves to Omaha until a more secure venue can be procured. A minority of delegates from other states return home, with a skew to more moderate members of the delegations choosing to do so.
2037-10-11 to 2037-10-19: The movement to retain the Constitution in its present form gains significant momentum, as the Colorado, Alaskan, Virginian, Ohioan, Iowan, Indianian, Pennsylvanian, Maine, and New Hampshire delegations endorse the plan, abandoning their prior commitments.
2037-10-13 to 2037-10-22: As mutual outrage at the bombing grows and evidence and motivations are falsely forwarded that makes the case for all manner of motivations for the bombing, Kansas votes to join the Patriot Compact, as Missouri votes to rejoin it.
