Observation of the Nebraska Democratic Caucus- Wayne County

Today was a first in Nebraska history and as a student studying Political Science, I wanted to be an observer of Nebraska's first ever caucus (sadly it was a Democratic cacus). At 4:30 PM CST, I arrived at the Wayne County courthouse where I was surprised to see so many democrats. I stood in line for a good 10/15 min. to obtain an observers pass. The court room was packed and seemed equally divded. The caucus kicked off around 5:13 PM CST.

The first order of business was electing a chair for the Wayne County Dems. which was followed by the reading of a letter from the NE Dem. chair. The next occurance blew me away! We all rose and said the Pledge of Allegiance (except one guy who stayed seated and did not put his hand over his heart). I was shocked to see Godless liberals and anti-american democrats standing up pledging to our nation. I couldn't help but laugh inside at the hypocrisy and irony occuring in front of me!

As the "elephant in the room" (large pun intended) I was tired of hearing the anti-Bush propoganda of the leftist establishment, but would have been greatly confused without it! The actualy process was boring because there were only 8 undecided and Obama had the obvious majority. The testimonials given by the supporters were uncompelling, except one womn who stood up and gave a sob story about her mentally-handicapped sister who is causing her mother to become bankrupt and how Hillary Clinton's healthcare reform is the answer. The man metioned above who stayed seated during the Pledge of Allegiance was the only source of entertainment. He was uncommitted and apparently no one could convince him to choose a candidate; he walked into the center of the room, tore up his voting card while declaring that "both candidates make me sick", and left the room... DRAMA QUEEN!!

My overall evaulation of the caucus was that it was poorly managed, there was too much room for error and fraud, and there were several voters who gave their cards away and left because the process was stuffy and mundane!

I am very excited for May 13th, which is when Nebraska will hold their Primary, when Republicans will go to the polls and have an influence in the next Republican Presidential Candidate!!!