Unprecedented, traffic jam a mile plus long, on major

entries to our caucus site, a large newer high school in Rochester, Minnesota. Yes, I turned around and came home. I'll try again later.

I had small children in the car and I ran into a F0X news reporter who was also in the traffic jam and unable to access the site. The FOX reporter said she heard that the parking lot was full and you needed to use a way distant church parking lot. I have never seen an event at the High School cause traffic to back up like this.

Four years ago, I went to the same site for the 2004 Caucuses. No problem. It's a site, I believe, for only the Democrats. In 2004 we had good discussions on the gay marriage issue and public funding for sports' stadiums. I usually like to attend the County convention, but I wouldn't have been able to this year even if I had been around for the vote.

I think this access problem I ran into speaks to the caucus vs. primary issue. Caucuses are great if the logistics are there, but not so, in a situation like this.