Yes kids, I'm a caucus goer.
Then we took 30 minutes for re-alignment. The only two candidates viable (getting 15% or 45 of the people there)were Hillary and Obama. Let the heckling commence! All these smaller groups kept telling us we need to "keep the conversation going", that we had people to spare, and that we should come join their group. No thanks. A few of our people defected to Edwards, and that group got enough by the end to send one (of seven) delegates. Hillary ended up with 2 and Obama got 4 (yay).
It was kinda boring, I'll be honest. And all the political crazies come out to these things, so there were some odd and funny moments. But there's something exciting standing in front of all your neighbors and raising your hand and standing up for the candidate you want to lead this country. It's watching the democratic process in live action. With real people. Very cool. (Click Here for a good stick figure demonstration of how it works)
Oh and Taylor went to the Republican caucus and wrote John McCain's name down on a piece of paper and came home. Not as exciting and fewer (noticable) crazy people. Although he and Warren sat in between two old ladies who commended him on starting Warren on the GOP track so young. It's funny because we're both pretty independent and moderate, so going to these things where it's a pep rally for the dems or republicans is just funny.

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Way to stand up for democracy Stephanie! Good on you.
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