The Republican Caucuses

So we went politicking last night. Off to the caucuses. I had to drag Ron screaming and Kicking all the way. He really didn't want to go, but I insisted. I figured, with the millions of dollars the candidates spent, the least we could do was give them a piece of our minds! As it turned out, I wasn't the only one who felt that way apparently because there was a huge crowd. And the feel for this one was much different from other ones I've attended. Perhaps because OC is a much larger place than Monona or Webb. OC was divided into 2 rooms. Those of us from the east side of town met in one room, and those from the West side met in the other room. (plus people from the country and Maurice were there too) Needless to say, it was standing room only. We didn't get started at the appointed time as we waited for those standing in line to finish signing in. This is how it worked: They appointed a chairman to run the meeting and a sectretary to record. Anyone who wanted could speak for a particular candidate. They went through them alphabetically starting at Fred Thompson. Someone spoke up for him in about a 2 minute prepared paper. Pretty generalized. Then someone read a letter from the good Mitt Romney. Another 2 or 3 minutes gone. No one for Ron Paul. (or Duncan Hunter or Alan Keyes) Senator John Thune of SD was there to speak on behalf of John McCain. I enjoyed listening to him and 'almost he persuaded me'.... When it was Mike Huckabee's turn there was no advocate. That was a surprise. Someone finally stepped forward and told a weird story that he'd heard at one of his campaign events. Well, at least I didn't get it. What was that about? I wondered when he'd finished. Oh well. Another short speech for Rudi G. and we were ready to vote. We had to have an X on our hands to get the voting slip. Then while the votes were being counted we discussed the County 'platform' a bit. There wasn't much to that which surprised me,because at other caucuses that has taken up enormous amounts of time. Come to find out, they did that later after almost everyone had gone home. Darn. Anyway, Mike Huckabee took about 150 votes, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudi all had a few under 50. (That was just in our room. All the rest of the rooms voted about the same as ours). So, We happily sent all the candidates on to New Hampshire. Hope they're enjoying the same ads and nastiness that we did.