The Texas Two-Step, Or: Why I Caucused

Now I realize that it's well past the media cycle, and that, following the big "loss" of Texas by Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton in the primary last week, but it's worth mentioning two things: 1) Barack won more delegates in Texas than Hillary, due to the energetic horde that are the Obamaniacs; and 2) I'm not sure I can handle another 4 months of primary coverage. But enough about the second, because I need to report on the former, as I caucused.

The report: It was a mess. Disorganized. Woefully understaffed. Woefully underestimated the numbers of voters who were going to show (we had about 200 show for the precinct). And most embarassingly, dreadfully chaotic, with 200 people pretending that they knew the Roberts' Rules. "Point of order!" "I second that!" "I nominate Joe!" "I digress!" Ouch. Worse than all the nutjobs who live and die for political intrigue, I actually heard a kid drum up support for his presumptive nomination as a county delegate by telling an older man (identified as a local high school government teacher) that he represented his school at Boy's State, something I myself was selected for but spent the majority of my time fielding softball teams to get out of committee meetings. I felt dirty being there, watching everyone pander and articulate and angle for a snippet of power.

But as Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst form of government. Except for all the others." Or something like that. I'm too busy watching "Mad Max" and determining my Spring Break plans. None of which include following politics. I have the rest of spring and summer it sounds like. It won't be like I miss anything.