Reply #11: By the time we got to the caucuses in 2008 Clinton and Obama were the only choices left

[dflprincess]

I think Edwards (who I would have supported) dropped out just a couple days before the caucuses. However, the person telling people to write either Clinton or Obama down was totally out of line. The DFL's straw ballot still had all the candidates names on it and you were free to mark down any of them. I caucused "uncommitted".

I'd be a little surprised if we have turnout higher than 2006. In my area we had a pretty good turnout for a non-presidential year and I think anger at Bush had more to do with that than anything else. People are still angry, but I'd guess more of them are disillusioned with both parties and don't know where to go with it. None of the DFL candidates have really caught fire and with the caucuses coming up so fast I don't see where there will suddenly be a big jump in interest - it's not like we've had nearly 2 years of campaign coverage like we did with the 2008 race.