tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926227269853074971.post5605342053557196133..comments2023-10-11T03:31:35.638-07:00Comments on live.eat.play.twin cities: Another Electoral AsideMary Kay Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08411357339483201896noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926227269853074971.post-13445528189587822502008-02-12T16:35:00.000-08:002008-02-12T16:35:00.000-08:00I wouldn't be so sure that political participation...I wouldn't be so sure that political participation is so off topic for this blog...<BR/><BR/>I want you to know that last Tuesday was not a normal caucus experience. (Incredibly exciting to have such turnout, but as a regular caucus-goer, unfortunately unprecedented.) It was, in part, a result of the newly-introduced presidential preference ballot part of the caucus, and the national context for the event.<BR/><BR/>I don't know whether I'm a caucus defender or not. It is an easy way for people to become directly (and more deeply) involved in local, regional and even national politics. And, you don't HAVE to attend to participate... but without having attended one is unlikely to know how to swing that trick. <BR/><BR/>Certainly, the DFL (my caucusing party of choice) needs to gt better at welcoming people into the process - but they are getting better at it. <BR/><BR/>I think the party will be the worse for it if the caucus were replaced by a primary, but I'm not sure that the voters would be the worse for it.Jannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02031488790025572531noreply@blogger.com