Last night was amazing. Obama supporters started pouring into our super caucus site very early. We were shocked: 75% of the people showing up wanted Obama stickers, and none of them were on our lists of 1s and 2s. But almost all of our 1s and 2s arrived, also. I was handed a check for $100 for the campaign by a woman waiting in line. The lines grew and grew, and finally, the party officials gave up and told people to caucus without checking in.
I was the super site chair at Monarch K-8, just east of Boulder proper. This is suburbia--middle class with 2.5 kids, and just a few of us late 20s, early 30s types thrown in. I didn't know what to expect for turnout at our site. We ended up with over 500. I thought it would be close between the campaigns, but every time I turned around, someone was asking, "How can I help Barack?"
The Obama crowd was energized and enthusiastic. They were young and old. After the rules, there were the speeches. And the speeches said everything about these two campaigns.
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