My First Democratic Caucus

I attended my first Democratic Party caucus tonight, and dutifully cast my second vote of the day for Barack Obama. Overall, I was not impressed with the Democratic Party; the caucus was disorganized and confusing. Altogether, there were about 150 caucus goers from two precincts crammed into a single room. Initially, they had only one line for each precinct, but eventually they set up some additional stations. The whole process took about 45 minutes.

I'm sorry to report that the Hillary supporters--a group of militant old ladies--managed to carry the day by three votes.

The worst part of the experience, however, is that I had to have my voter registration card stamped "DEMOCRAT" in order to vote in the primary and attend the caucus. So, for now, I guess I'm a "card carrying democrat."