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Like everyone else reporting from precinct caucuses I have to report a dramatic increase in participation and a shortage of ballots and chairs. I was elected a delegate and even tried to lead a debate against having balanced budgets in the GOP platform (I was bored and GOP leaders in the past had used balanced budget ideals to increase taxes and I thought I had a case; no one took up the debate and I later conceded the resolution). I did pass a transparency in government resolution. Huckabee won my precint and my BPOU. Called into the NARN show. All was good.
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8 comments:
At my caucus, in colorful chalk, there was written a bunch of junk about "how to think like a global citizen" and comparisons to the "old, national way of thinking vs. the modern progressive way". I think it was a 4th grade classroom we were using, and I'm not sure what the subject was that was tought there that day, but the bulletpoints had little butterflies next to them. All I kept thinking was "were doomed".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY
My little precinct in St. Paul went from 2 in 2006 to 36. Had 20 votes for Romney and he took the BPOU with 40% with Ron Paul in second at 28%. Lots of resolutions and once again I passed my eliminate support for the death penalty amendment. In 2006 I took it to the Congressional where I won the voice vote but lost the hand count... This year I'm going to State!
Marty: any analysis on why Romney had the clear victory in Minnesota, but got relatively trounced across the country?
Bill - you were in the Ron Paul camp, right? And if you were, how do you reconcile his constitutionalist view with your support for ending death penalty?
Huck seemed to do very well in outstate. What was the rationale for him at your caucus?
bill is trying to weigh the importance of a proper constitutional mindset with the personal consequences of an ufortuitous discovery of a dead hooker in his crawl space.
dead hooker wins that argument everytime.
Having some computer problems but to answer a few questions
Romney won in Minnesota because we have caucuses and not primaries. McCain is still not winning the Party faithful.
As for Huck and the outstaters, it's all social issues all the time here. Fiscal matters mean next to nothing in rural minnesota where everyone is just a little socialist (even if it is just corn subsidies).
Anon,
I ended up voting for Romney, but I do like Paul. Concerning the death penalty and the constitution, I'm of the opinion that the constitution doesn't prohibit nor prescribe the death penalty. I'm not one to consider the death penalty cruel or unusual, so the 8th amendment doesn't apply, but the 10th does. States should be able to choose, and I'd like MN to choose not to use it.
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