(Note: you might need to visit the actual blog entry to see the above video).
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(By the way, I have today off from work due to President’s Day… hence the goal of getting a couple of blog posts in)
In my last post, I mentioned how nice it was for neighbors to get together and talk. There’s actually been a few opportunities for this recently, and it’s one of the main reasons why I am so ecstatic moving where we did:
- The leaf-blower discussion
- Breaking out the bbq due to the good weather last night (hint: if you make a dry rub mix, use a lot less salt than I did, especially on kosher/salted meat), our next door neighbor and his family came out to talk to us about the ‘hood and the changeover once the weather changes.
- Caucusing 2 weekends ago.
Caucusing (it was the first time either Joelle or I had participated), was something I was very much looking forward to (especially since the Washington Primary doesn’t count at all for Democrats this go-round). While I am still not sure I buy the full premise of the caucus (it does seem to disenfranchise voters who work during those hours), I do have to argue in favor of them just for the mass community spirit it brings out in everyone.
What I liked:
- We met at the middle school across the street from us (across the park across the street from us to be specific).
- Walking over there, we were amazed - the line was down the street, around the block. Democrats were everywhere!
- Turns out, about 8 different precincts voted in our same building, and it was actually really nice to see a bunch of people we knew already hanging out and waiting in line (and in some cases, registering voters and running their local precinct).
- People were excited to argue politics.
- Parents brought their kids to experience politics in action.
What I would have liked to see changed:
- Our particular precinct wasn’t particularly well run; others in the same room were having much better conversations and new what was going on.
- No one there knew that the King County Convention had received a date change. I wish someone would have - both Joelle and I would have been delegates!
And for the record, our precinct was 69-16 in favor of Obama.
