Just got back from my first Democratic Caucus in Collin County (Dallas suburbs)

[moc]

It took almost 2 HOURS to have everyone sign in. My estimate is there were about 300 people there for precincts 48 and 55. The school cafeteria where we were was packed.

Compare that to the 20-30 caucusing for the republicans in the school foyer. :rofl:

I have no idea what the final count was, although my eyeball of the sign in sheets I could see looked to be breaking maybe 60/40 for Obama.

[kelligesq]

1. MSNBC reporting that

immediate complaint by Clinton campaign that the doors to the Caucus were CLOSED on the Hillary caucusers locking them out.

[tammywammy]

3. Where at?

Not at mine, it took forever to get everyone signed in.

[moc]

5. Not at ours. Also, I don't know how one would have been able to tell

who was a Clinton supporter vs. Obama supporter. I saw many 5 Obama t-shirts in the room (no Hillary), but other than that, I would not have know who was voting for whom unless I asked (which I didn't).

[RB TexLa]

7. In Houston, not Plano

[tammywammy]

2. I just got back as well from caucus in Arlington

There were 3 precincts there at this church. It was packed. My precinct had 99 people caucus, and it was split 50 Clinton, 49 Obama. The other precinct that was also held in the sanctuary as well, was 52 Obama, 48 Clinton. The third precinct was held in another building.

It was crazy. :) But I'm a delegate now. :woohoo:

[Coexist]

4. congrats!

[Frances]

6. I hope the Repubs were demoralized by seeing all those Dems!

[moc]

8. My husband tells me that there were so few members of the Collin County Democratic Party, they used

to meet at a coffee shop. I kid you not. One of the precinct chairs told us last night there were more people at the precinct convention than had been at the COUNTY convention four years before.

I hope this re-invigorates the Dem party in my county.

[powergirl]

9. Collin County Democrat here - Wilson Middle School - Precinct 67

I live in Plano in precinct 67. Maybe we were in the same building - Wilson middle school. I am the precinct chair and we had 84 sign ins. Obama won basically 60/40. It took hours just like moc states. And I gave out Obama stickers to those who supported Obama. Since it's a caucus, we can promote our candidates. I convinced 4 Clinton supporters to go to Obama which was great. Everyone, including the Clinton backers were very nice and helpful to me.

There was one exception, and she supported Clinton. She got one of those Clinton campaign emails that told her to grab the caucus materials from the election judge so that a Clinton person could run the caucus. This was incorrect and bad advice. She tried to get in the door of the precinct early. The election judge told her she had to wait. Then she tried to "grab" the caucus envelope, as instructed by her campaign, from the election judge. But it was given to me. She complained that my church nametag (I wore it so that people would know my name) was deceptive b/c my hometown was listed as "houston" (which is my hometown.) She accused me of not being eligible to caucus in my precinct. Then she wanted to know where her proposed platform resolutions were. I explained that in a Texas Caucus, she has to draft one and submit it to us. She said that those who voted for Clinton were smarter than Obama supporters. I and a Clinton supporter told her to quit being disrespectful to the process. She finally piped down and she embarrassed the other Clinton supporters. I was unanimously elected the Caucus chair - even by the Clinton supporters.

I don't necessarily blame the disrupter for acting like a MORAN but instead, she was acting on illegal and incorrect advice. But that is my caucus experience.

[moc]

10. Wow! What a story! I wish I could have been there! Our precinct (55/48)

is a little south of Wilson. We caucused at Aldridge elementary. The only big problem is that the school is under massive construction so parking and getting to the right entrance was a bit nutty.

I have a daughter at Wilson, though. :hi: