The woodlawn (Lutheren?) church on greenwood Ave is overflowing, they haven't even signed in all the people.

Same here in the u heights center basement. Signing in just begun. There's about 60 here from our precinct. Many people here are confused about things. This year makes the 2004 seem like kiddy chaos.

There is no photocopier in the building so the guy from another precinct had to go elsewhere to make copies of sign-in forms. wtf.

U-District (43-2113) is packed. Obama people ran out of all materials.

I will pile onto the "Same Here". Adams Elementary is packed and is a little disorganized and confused. My anecdotal evidence...all the people at my sign table seemed to be writing a lot of a name that started and ended in vowels.

43-2113 didn't have a flag to look at during the pledge of allegiance so we looked out the window at one across the ship canal.

43-1376 (Wallingford) was a landslide for Obama.

Precinct 43-2043 (Wallingford). I Just finished at John Stanford Int'l Elementary School. Obama definitely won the day. There were 8 precincts, each with 80-100 people. In my precinct, it went 14 Hillary, 75 Obama. In terms of delegates, 1 Hillary and 4 Obama.

The Hillary supporter who spoke talked about being ready to lead, experience, and a long dedication to service. The Obama supporter spoke about excitement, inspiration, and Hillary not being able to beat McCain in the general election. Both speakers said they would definitely vote for the other candidate if they won the election and it was all very respectful...very Wallingford.

43-2113 first round: Obama-5, Clinton-1, undecided-1

Count in the 1286 68 Obama, 16 Clinton, 2 undecided! Obamarama!

A full house at the elementary school on 80th in Greenwood. The crowd heavily favored Obama. A handful of middle aged women in my precinct supported Hillary, securing her 1 of 5 delegates.

The set up was crap. Couldn't hear a word from the people in our precinct. It was a waste of time. Better yet, the organizer said it was just as bad in '04 with half the turnout.

To me that sounds like a broken system and, coupled with the chaos that was involved with simply finding my precinct, suggests that big changes need to be made at the Dems state HQ.

Republicans avoid this BS and have a simple, efficient system. Why is it that Dems have to be so unorganized and backward?

43-1351 (Fremont)
Final Count
Obama - 109
Clinton - 33
Uncommitted - 2

Delegates awarded
7 - Obama
2 - Clinton

My wife and I just got back from our precinct caucus at John Marshal High School in Greenlake.

There were about 20 precincts at our site, and it was absolutely packed. 116 people voted in our precinct (1278). 91 for Obama, 21 for Clinton, 1 for Edwards, 3 undecided. Our precinct had 8 delegates to send to the county caucus in April. 6 for Obama, 2 for Clinton.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED:

* Arrived at Keystone Church precisely at 12:30pm, signed in -- and was given helpful advice as to where to put my presidential preference on the sheet -- found seat in sanctuary.

* Sanctuary is classic 1960s. Wall of light with blond wood louvres, through which runs a band of golden glass. Decor on sanctuary is all purple, causing me to hum "Diamonds and Pearls" to myself.

* The room fills and fills with Seattleites, including people vaguely familiar to me -- QFC? Manhunt? Drunk of the Week? -- and it's about 99.999999% white.

* Very few hippies. No one with spirit catchers or fan dancing. Thank Christ.

* 43rd poo-bah David Kunselman notifies us that the line is around the block and we're going to be putting those people in a different room, and that he'll be back to read the rules soon. "In the meantime," he says, "get to know your neighbors."

* I'm sitting next to a neighbor who lives in my townhouse unit. He asked me to attend with him and I'm glad he did. He's a funny guy and we share a few laughs about politics and the Cubs.

* I also talk to some zaftig women in front of me. We discuss how the architecture and design of the church is, while nowhere near anything great, evocative of a time when single bands of yellow slag glass were a powerful statement.

* More and more people fill the church. Up the aisles, all over the altar, in the choir loft...I haven't seen so many people crammed into a church since the invasion of Warsaw. Wait -- I wasn't even there for that. Note to self: update metaphor file.

* After what feels like the length of Bill Clinton's 1988 convention nomination speech, Mr. Kunselman -- a wonderful fellow, with more than a bit of the Savage about him -- came back, welcomed us, and then told us that, if we'd signed in and registered our preference, that we were free to go, but he was going to read the rules first, to be official. Which is how it should be.

* He reads the rules.

* Someone asks a question...and here we have our ELI SANDERS GREAT MOMENT #1: the question was for Mr. K to define the superdelegate process. He did so speedily and to the apparent satisfaction of the questioner.

* I see a daddy with a baby. Daddy is so cute I want to hand baby to mommy and take daddy, right there in the sanctuary. I want to cock us in the caucus. Or something.

* I snap back to reality...

* Another question (ELI SANDERS GREAT MOMENT #2: Why can't we have a primary?) is answered by Mr. K. He begins to answer another question when -- in a flash of yellow sulfur smoke and shrieking cackle -- a hideous woman says from the choir loft: "Excuse me. Eh-eh-EXCUSE ME!"

* The sanctuary falls completely silent. You could hear a saviour drop....

* "There is a whole other room of people who need to hear the rules. Could these questions be answered by some other qualified person, at a qualified time? I don't think...blah blah blah..." This angry, strident, pinch-faced woman made a fool of herself and cast a pall on what had been a delightful manifestation of something I abhor as a concept -- the caucus system. Awful woman. Fuck you, awful woman.

* Then, his fun buzz essentially killed, Mr. K. diplomatically said he understood the awful woman's point and he'd go check the other room. He walked off the altar area to a loud and raucous applause. I took that as my cue to bolt.

* Thumbs up, David Kunselman, Democrat of Seattle.

* Thumbs up, my neighbors. No diversity at all, but the nicest bunch of white folk I recall being among since the ice cream social at my elementary school, circa 1972.

* Thumbs down, the awful woman.

* Thumbs down, caucuses.

I saw lots of signs for both candidates. I didn't hear anyone discussing a candidate. Lots of Obama stickers being worn, and the Obama signs were shitty Xerox jobs on Easter color 8.5 x 11 paper, taped up. The Clinton signs were the standard issue, without the frisson of street cred possessed by the Obama DIYs.

I had a sticker on that said CLINTON '08. That's who I caucused for.

WHAT I WISHED HAD HAPPENED:

* A Disney Audio-Animatronics version of Abraham Lincoln stands up and delivers remarks on social harmony and the goodness of all people. Near the end of these, oil begins to seep from his crankcase and his voice skips like a bad CD.

* I don't know any of this, because I got to vote by mail.

This is my caucus report.

just left 43-2047. First round Obama 69, Clinton 20, undecided 2
Heard from a friend in the CD that hers went for Obama 148-20!

Olympic View Elementary: Pandemonium! Kids! Couples (gay and straight)! Hot hot hot, over 90 degrees.

Precinct 46-2298
68 people--six times 2004 number of attendees

Obama: 4 delegates (53 votes)
Clinton: 1 delegate (8 votes)
Uncommitted: 0 delegates (7 votes)

46-2097: 5 delegates for obama, 1 for clinton

At the Bryant elementary school our 12 precincts were in the gym and it was pretty packed, but everything went smoothly. There were lines and so on but everyone who wanted to got to sign in. Instead of all talking together we just had an Obama person and a Clinton person give speeches and then people could change.
In my precinct, the first tally was something like this:
Obama: 62
Clinton: 19
and we went 5 delegates for Obama and 1 for Clinton.

43-1262: obama 5 delegates, clinton 1

Full house in Ballard. 36-1319 sent 5 delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton. (56 to 17)

43-1262: obama 5 delegates, clinton 1

46-2334 Final tally: Obama 41, Clinton 20. 3 delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton.

and jubilation's post at 14 was right on, that was our site as well.

Final for 43-2109: 7 for obama, 1 for clinton.

1880 went 5 obama, 1 clinton.

Precinct 43-1373(Wallingford)
Obama - 4 (72 people)
Clinton - 2 (21 people)

Magnolia. Lawton School.

My precinct was Obama 4 Clinton (barely) 1 delegate. It's an Obama landslide in Magnolia. Turnout was huge. Last caucus was around ten people, this time there were 75.

My unofficial exit poll of some other precinct's delegate counts:
Obama-Clinton
4-1
4-1
3-1
6-0
5-0

Delegate count 5 Obama, 1 Clinton.
Final count 77 Obama, 17 Clinton. In the 1286

43-1266: 5 obama, 1 clinton.

43 - 2081 (U-District)

4 Obama, 1 Clinton. Final count was something like 88 to 12.

46-2367 (Jackson Park West of 15th NE)

The church was packed, it took forever to do anything. The little old ladies were out in force for Clinton otherwise there were not obvious demographic trends. The final count was 36 Oboma, 23 Clinton, 2 Kusinich, 5 undecided resulting in 4 Obama delegates and 2 Clinton delegates. Two hours of my life that I can't get back, why can't we just use the primary?

46-2322 at Jane Adams School (Lake City area)

91 people
1 crazy lady, kept asking 'who's for Hillary'

8 total delegates

6 Obama/2 Hillary

Eastern Wallingford @ John Stanford School (about 8 total precincts):

Great turnout. The final count for the entire caucus site was about 725 voters, delegates went 4:1 for Obama (36 to 9).

36-1325 Oddfellows Hall, Ballard
extremely crowded, poor dissemination of inf, lots of people confused about the system.
i'd say 75-100 people in our room, but not sure.

most annoying moment: being asked to donate to cover caucus costs.

before discussion:
8 Obama
2 Clinton
1 Undecided

discussion was pleasant and civil. generally everyone likes both candidates fine but Hillary has a lot of baggage. one of my neighbors works for Beecher's Cheese. mmmmmmcheese.

final:
9 Obama
2 Clinton

46-2322 at Jane Adams School (Lake City area)

91 people
1 crazy lady, kept asking 'who's for Hillary'

8 total delegates

6 Obama/2 Hillary

Wallingford (John Stafford), Precinct 43-2044. Obama: 4, Clinton 1. Lots of excitement for Obama in all demographics.

Obama pitch was given by former New Yorker who had voted for Hillary in the Senate twice. Felt that Obama would be stronger as President to set a vision for the country.

Hillary pitch given by Precinct Captain. Emphasis towards Healthcare and Energy Policies. Micro issues vs. macro issues for Obama.

Overheard:

"Did you hear Romney's final speech about dropping out to protect America from Terror?"
"Yeah, what a son of a bitch. What was he doing, auditioning for Vice President."

Dispatch from Eastlake - Seward Elementary completely packed and chaotic. One precinct moved outside and it still was packed in the cafeteria. 43-2000 gave Obama 6 delegates and Clinton 2.

36-2107 in Ballard 4-1 for Obama (39-12 w/ 1 undecided).

46-2206 (Broadview) 5 Obama 1 Clinton

Clinton people are rather whiny. Go Obama!!!

Ballard 1317 (hi Zap!) went heavily for O, too. I think it was eighty-something to 21, with some undecideds. I don't know toward which side they were swayed; I fled the chaos.

The Oddfellows Hall was a crummy setup compared to Keystone Church (where I caucused four years ago). There was nowhere to split the individual precincts so it was four groups in one room trying to make themselves heard.

Oops ... that's 36-2167, not 36-2107, if anyone cares.

Curmudgeon@#27:

Magnolia is SOUTH of the ship canal, neighbor, bordered on its NORTH side by the ship canal.

32nd District. 0655 (North Shoreline/Lake Forest Park)

It was AMAZING!! The gym at North City Elementary was too packed, with people spilling into the hallways. Arrived at 12:40 and there was NO parking available within 3 blocks, even. We eventually split into individual classrooms.

Therein followed some REALLY fierce debate and some really disorganized/confused caucus leaders. We had over 114 people, which led to some initially miscalculated percentages. Initial breakdown was 6 delegates for Obama, 3 for Clinton, and 1 undecided. But enough undecided voters switched so they became an Obama delegate too. It was my first caucus as a voting member (went once in '96 as a 16 yr old to watch). I made a speech for Obama, which was nerve-wracking, but well received. Great fun!!

I was a precinct captain for Obama in NE Seattle. In my precinct (46-2262), 81 people showed up (72.5% went to Obama) - in 2004 the same precinct turned out 18 voters. The same story was true in the neighboring precinct - between the 2, 7/9 delegates went to Obama.

My wife's take: Hillary supporters were extremely angry and negative, and that clearly didn't win over the undecideds in our precinct (8/9 went to Obama).

Has anyone gotten a report of Hillary winning a precinct anywhere? A couple of them are closer, but goddamn, its lookin like an Obama landslide so far in western Washington...

I hear from the Obama wmail list that Kennewick went 100% for Obama, not a single person for Hillary! How crazy is that!

32-1197 in Shoreline went 70-30 Obama. I'm proud to say I'm a delegate. Two of the many precincts sharing the building went Obama with the same percentages.

REPORTING IN for 46-2267 (Mostly condos along Sand Point west of Magnusen Park, 65th-75th): 8 Delegates. 81 people turned out, final tally 23 Clinton, 57 Obama, 1 uncommited. 6 Delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton.

IRREGULARITIES/MISTAKES:
A) 2 people showed up at 1:40 or so, initially were turned away and told they could not vote, then came back with someone more important and were allowed to vote.
B) Obama delegates/alternates were initially told to leave the yellow and blue paper slips with the party at the site. Only after people had begun filing out did they attempt to call them back and give the paper slips to them. When I left, some paper slips for Obama delegates remained unclaimed on the table.

46-1404

Obama - 4 delegates
Clinton - 1 delegate

Messy, crowded and a little disorganized. Far preferable to a primary though. Our party is picking it's nominee. That choice should require a bit of effort.

A couple crazy people showed up long after the caucuses began insisting that they get to have their preference heard. They claimed they were at work, however they came with dogs and Starbucks in tow, so it's more likely they just overslept or were watching tv.

People were nice, even to the badly outnumbered Hillary supporters.

43-1359 in Wallingford

Hamilton Middle School

Obama: 106 people, 7 delegates

Clinton: 21 people, 1 delegate

Gravel: 1 person

Uncommitted: 7 people

We were in one room with 1360 and 1361.  I heard someone comment that attendance was more than double the 2004 caucus.

We were from 43-2075. We were at University Heights in the U-district. 4 delegates for Obama, 1 for Hillary.

I've gotta say having moved here from Massachusetts about a year ago and never having caucused before, the Caucus was completely disorganized. There weren't enough organizers, voters were wall to wall, there weren't enough sign-in sheets or pens for everyone, and the person running our district caucus said, "I don't know what I'm doing. They just handed me this envelope." Some "Jack from Lost" type of guy finally just took the envelope from her and ran the damn thing.

REPORTING IN for 46-2267 (Mostly condos along Sand Point west of Magnusen Park, 65th-75th): 8 Delegates. 81 people turned out, final tally 23 Clinton, 57 Obama, 1 uncommited. 6 Delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton.

IRREGULARITIES/MISTAKES:
A) 2 people showed up at 1:40 or so, initially were turned away and told they could not vote, then came back with someone more important and were allowed to vote.
B) Obama delegates/alternates were initially told to leave the yellow and blue paper slips with the party at the site. Only after people had begun filing out did they attempt to call them back and give the paper slips to them. When I left, some paper slips for Obama delegates remained unclaimed on the table.

Precinct 46-2367, 8 delegates for Obama, 4 for Clinton

43-1271 (near the Roosevelt Whole Foods) went 3-1 for Obama. The Hillary folk nearly lost out on a delegate, but picked up a few undecideds at the last minute.

36-3318 reporting:

Crazy crowded; three precincts packed in the Adams elementary gym. Of course, there was lots of confusion and moments of impatience. First round, barely heard through the safety cone bullhorn: 102 Obama, 20 Hillary, 2 Edwards, 1 Kucinich, 9 undecided. Not sure how that breaks down for delegates but a neighbor told me we had 9 delegates for our precinct.

43-1875 went 4 Obama 1 Clinton
Some chaos at first at U Heights, then things got organized.

Precinct 1293 on the west side of Phinney Ridge. 6 delegates for Obama, 1 for Clinton.

First voting was 5 Obama, 1 Clinton, and 1 undecided. Then followed several personal and impassioned speeches in favor of Obama, while no one spoke up for Clinton. A few of the undecided then switched to Obama, yielding the final delegate count.

97 people showed up for this precinct - there were 30 last year.

Wedgwood's fightin' 46-2271st turned out 119 strong to select:
4 delegates for Obama
2 delegates for Clinton

Precinct 36-1293 on the west side of Phinney Ridge. 6 delegates for Obama, 1 for Clinton.

First voting was 5 Obama, 1 Clinton, and 1 undecided. Then followed several personal and impassioned speeches in favor of Obama, while no one spoke up for Clinton. A few of the undecided then switched to Obama, yielding the final delegate count.

97 people showed up for this precinct - there were 30 last year.

I was at the 3318 which encompasses a portion of Ballard. We went resoundingly with Obama. 126 votes for Obama, 23 for Clinton, and 3 undeclared. That comes out to 8 delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton.

36-2534
Whitman Elementary School in Crown Hill. Turn out was huge.I'm proud to have participated. I originally was bitching and complaining about having to go to Caucus. But am really happy I did it. The sense of community was overwhelming.

Final count for my precint:

47 = Obama

8 = Clinton

6 = undecided

Goooo Obama!

Wedgwood's fightin' 46-2271st turned out 119 strong to select:
4 delegates for Obama
2 delegates for Clinton

36-2534
Whitman Elementary School in Crown Hill. Turn out was huge.I'm proud to have participated. I originally was bitching and complaining about having to go to Caucus. But am really happy I did it. The sense of community was overwhelming.

Final count for my precint:

47 = Obama

8 = Clinton

6 = undecided

43-1359 (Wallingford)
Delegate Count
7 Obama
1 Clinton

Final tally ended up being about 106 Obama, 15-20 Clinton

It was like a bizarre dream being in a gym with my neighbors.

Wedgwood 46-2263:
4 Obama
1 Clinton

36-1385, Ballard, Nordic Heritage Museum.
4 for Obama, 1 for Clinton.

36-2167 in Ballard
The guy who stumped for Clinton said, "We need someone with experience. Elect her for four years, and then kick her out and elect the other guy".

46-2350

Olympic Hills Elementary was standing room only, with about a hundred more people crowding around outside. My precinct had 5 delegates to send.

Initial alignment
Clinton: 11
Obama: 35
Undecided: 6

Final alignment
Clinton: 13
Obama: 37
Undecided: 2

Delegates
Clinton: 1
Obama: 4

There was relatively little speachifying at my table, and our chair had difficulty being heard.

The main pro-Obama speaker said that he had first voted when JFK was running for president, and compared Obama to Kennedy.

The main pro-Clinton speaker talked about Clinton's energy policy and the folly of clean coal.

32-1021 (Shoreline), unofficially:
5 Obama
2 Clinton
Around 70 people attended.

46-2251 (1 of roughly 15-20 precincts at Eckstein Middle School): Preliminary count had 107 people in our precinct alone (at least twice what it was 4 years ago), with 80-something for Obama, 23 or so for Clinton, 4 uncommitted.

With 8 delegates, that's 6 Obama, 2 Clinton. We had two kids and left before the final count, and a few people did show up late, but it's hard to see how it would have changed.

Operationally, it was just as semi-screwed up as 4 years ago, but not horrible. They started off having all the precincts sign up in the same place, 1 person per precinct max, but then smartly decided to divvy us up into the rooms where we were supposed to go, which allowed for many more people to sign in simultaneously.

36-1317 sent 5 for Obama, 2 for Hillary.

Final vote count was 105 to 30, iirc.

36-1317 (Ballard) went 5 to 2 for Obama.

Final vote count was 105 to 15, iirc.

Just got back from Seward Elementary, where my Eastlake precinct (43-2001) had about 88 votes for Obama, and about 33 for Clinton, which resulted in:

7 delegates for Obama
3 delegates for Clinton

SCCC was packed!
43-2546
5 Obama, 1 Clinton

Caucused at University Heights for 43-2075. There were 72 people there for 2075 and hundreds more there for all the other precincts caucusing there. It was so ridiculously disorganized, packed, and hot. Utter chaos. Retarded third graders could have run this thing better than the organizers did.

I'm embarrassed for the WA Dems right now. Either learn to run an event like this or let the secretary of state handle it.

43-1347
Final tally:
136 for Obama = 9 delegates
33 for Clinton = 2 delegates
1 Kucinich

43-2016 (capitol hill)

Obama - 4 delegates
Clinton - 2 delegates

Clinton supporters were primarily older and/or female, with more eloquent arguments to support their candidate. The minorities (all 4 of us) went for Obama.

GO OBAMA!

46-2280 (Maple Leaf). One of several held at Olympic View Church, a good venue for those of us who got to sit in the chapel. Sign-in in the basement was a big zoo, though.)

Obama 85 (6 delegates)
Clinton 34 (2 delegates)

46-2251 (1 of roughly 15-20 precincts at Eckstein Middle School): Preliminary count had 107 people in our precinct alone (at least twice what it was 4 years ago), with 80-something for Obama, 23 or so for Clinton, 4 uncommitted.

With 8 delegates, that's 6 Obama, 2 Clinton. We had two kids and left before the final count, and a few people did show up late, but it's hard to see how it would have changed.

Operationally, it was just as semi-screwed up as 4 years ago, but not horrible. They started off having all the precincts sign up in the same place, 1 person per precinct max, but then smartly decided to divvy us up into the rooms where we were supposed to go, which allowed for many more people to sign in simultaneously.

SCCC was packed!
43-2546
5 Obama, 1 Clinton

43 - 2230 Delegate Count

Obama: 5
Clinton: 1

(The final tally was 4.44 for Obama and 1.44 for Clinton with a few undecideds. Had to have a coin flip to figure out who got the last delegate. Tails it is, Obama wins!)

Just returned from Decatur/Thornton Creek Elementary (Wedgwood/View Ridge.) It was a packed house, as we clearly exceeded fire codes while we all congregated into the school lunchroom.

Final for 46-2264
Obama - 6
Clinton - 2

43-1376 (John Stanford Elementary School, Wallingford)
6 Obama
2 Clinton

106 happy folks voted in our precinct. The line to get into the caucus woung around the block - amazing.

The Obama delegates we chose include a gay white guy (me), two 20-something gay chicks (one of color), and a very charismatic straight white guy named Brad, who is ex-military and until just recently a registered Republican. He brought the house down with his Obama stump speech. I look forward to seeing him and the other Obama delegates on April 5!

43-1354 (northeast Fremont) met in one-third of the B.F. Day gym. There were 100 participants and 2 pens. Few spoke and there was little debate, likely because the noise from the two livelier meetings to our side. There were 85 Obama supporters and 12 for Clinton. Obama ended up taking 6 delegates, and Clinton has 1.

I stepped up as the alternate delegate for Clinton moments before the primary delegate realized she was at the wrong caucus.

(Sorry, @68 doesn't belong here; I've reposted in the "Beyond Seattle" thread.)

(Shoreline is kind of like Seattle, right?)

Shit I just got home! I am an obama delegate, so after years of talking about being involved, I am involved. We went 6-1 obama in the 46-1286. I know thi s a repost,but I wanted to send the info again because I sent it from my blackberry.

I wish I was at the office right now so I could use excell to keep a tally on the district counts!

And I'm getting the "too many connections" error if this reposts a bunch of times. WE FUCKING BROKE SLOG!

36-1395

Salmon Bay School in Ballard. I put photos in the Stranger pool.

78 people

5 Obama
1 Clinton

We started out with 4 Obama, 1 Clinton and 1 Undecided, but somehow we talked them into giving up their Edwards and Kucinich dreams.

It was hot and loud and hard to hear. Lots of people wanted to speak; at least 15 had something to say in our precinct. I has some points to make for Obama but I didn't want to be there all day. That's how it felt when I was a delegate last time: the first couple hours were fun but after you're there a while you stop caring.

It was fun though. I'm glad we got to do it and I'm happy we won.

36-1382, Ballard.

The Adams Elementary school was packed, took me maybe 5 minutes to nudge my way 30' to my caucus table. Our PCO wisely suggested that we move outside, which we did, and it was much better.

The voting went

4 Obama
1 Clinton

3 Obama
2 Clinton

4 Obama
1 Clinton

The Obama people clapped after the Clintonites gave their speeches.

Very positive atmosphere, lots of enthusiasm. Fun, actually.

Wedgwood 46-2273

Delegates - Obama: 3, Clinton:1

Not very down and dirty, everyone had made their choices before they got there. The longest debate was the Obama camp choosing delegates.

36-2536 (Carkeek Park area)

delegate count:
4 Obama
2 Clinton

Nice turnout at Whitman!

36-1324 at Adams Elementary in Ballard. 5 delegates for Obama and 1 for Clinton.

43-2046

4 Obama 1 Clinton

Talked to people in Spokane who say it's all Obama over there.

Could not BELIEVE the line at Keystone Church. Got the undecideds for Obama, but Clinton supporters were too stubborn.

Precinct 93-1359 (?), Wallingford/Fremont, University House

I went to Hamilton first where several different internet sites had told me to go. When I got there, they said my precinct had moved to University House, an assisted living place on Stone Way. It was way overcrowded and chaotic, with 200 people in a small room off the lobby. Many people had forgotten to declare a candidate on the sign-in sheet, so they had to ask each person who had forgotten what their choice was.

The initial count was 135 Obama, 55 Clinton and 10 Undecided. This worked out to 6 delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton and 1 for Undecided. After the speeches (5 on each side) they recalculated and an Undecided had gone for Obama and another for Clinton. That boosted Clinton's total to 3 delegates! Then I left, but I think the next step was to select delegates.

Precinct 93-1359 (?), Wallingford/Fremont, University House

I went to Hamilton first where several different internet sites had told me to go. When I got there, they said my precinct had moved to University House, an assisted living place on Stone Way. It was way overcrowded and chaotic, with 200 people in a small room off the lobby. Many people had forgotten to declare a candidate on the sign-in sheet, so they had to ask each person who had forgotten what their choice was.

The initial count was 135 Obama, 55 Clinton and 10 Undecided. This worked out to 6 delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton and 1 for Undecided. After the speeches (5 on each side) they recalculated and an Undecided had gone for Obama and another for Clinton. That boosted Clinton's total to 3 delegates! Then I left, but I think the next step was to select delegates.

At hamilton middle school 43-1368 went 4-Obama and 1-Clinton. Three other nearby precincts went 5-Obama and 1-Clinton.

43-1278 (Greenlake, John Marshall High)

Obama 92 (6 delegates)
Clinton 21 (2 delegates)

36-1325 Deep in the heart of Ballard.
Obama: 9
Clinton: 2

Wow. That was really fun. With the first round Obama had 7 and upon about 10 min of talking it out in the really crowded room at Oddfellows Hall Obama gained 2 delegates. Awesome. Democracy at work.

I'm looking forward to representing Ballard as one of the 9 delegates.

43-1359

Our precinct caucus chair for the day is wearing two Obama buttons, and she is actually named Hope. She gives us the initial tally from some guy she appointed tally master or something. Obama has 99 supporters, Clinton 15, Gravel 1, and 20 people remain uncommitted. I can't believe that more people are uncommitted than support my stellar candidate. Next, we are herded into our respective candidate groups and told that a representative from each group will make a one minute speech in favor of their candidate in order to woo the undecideds.

A guy next to me jokes that it is really close. I wryly reply that yah, it is pretty exciting. There are, by my count, five men in the Hillary camp and ten ladies. There are too many people on the Obama side to parse. We plan our attack and the speeches begin. A woman for Obama makes the electability argument against Clinton, says she will work for either candidate but she just doesn't like Hillary, that Obama's done community organizing, he can bring people together, and he can turn out the huge youth vote. At this I shake my head-- the youth vote never turns out. But whatever. Hope! A lady from our side makes the experience argument for Hillary, says Obama was against the war but voted twice to fund it, reminds us that we're all Democrats in this together, and then, and here is the beautiful part, compares Hillary to your first wife-- you've been married for thirty years, she puts food on the table and takes care of the kids-- while Obama is the "unknown mistress." Who said democracy is serious business? A young guy named Larry makes a the-lesser-of-two-evils-is-not-good-enough argument for Mike Gravel, and asserts that he will be a voice for liberal minds. It's sweet in a wacky Ralph Nader kind of way, and he gets decent applause. The undecideds are given a chance to change their votes, and eight of them do. In the end, Obama winds up with seven delegates from my precinct and Hillary gets one.

My whole caucus story is here.

36-2166 (North Ballard/Greenwood) meeting at Whittier Elementary: one of the coordinators told me that the Obama signs she had put up before the caucus had been taken down. HRC won the sign ratio, O everything else. Our results:

O: 65 votes, 4 delegates
C: 12 votes, 1 delegate
undecided: 2 votes

The initial sign-in count had one delegate for undecided, but the Uns (and a few of the original Cs) all broke O. We convinced our neighbor to go O!

LD 46, Precinct 2056, near Magnuson, caucusing at Sand Point Education Center:

Obama 4
Clinton 1

And a good time was had by all. A little warm, a little crowded (over 80 people in a standard classroom), but friendly, respectful and engaged!

43-1353, in the cafeteria of Fremont's BF Day Elementary: don't recall the vote breakdown, but the delegate breakdown was:

Obama - 6
Clinton - 1
Undecided - 1

Very crowded, and the organizers ran out of sign-in sheets. The Salisbury Steak was delicious.

Slog is freaking. My comment's been eaten twice.

SEA 36-1344, Phinney Ridge Community Center: Obama 4, Clinton 1 (75-12 in votes). I'm an alternate.

36-1342 (Phinney Ridge)

4 delegates - Obama
1 delegate - Clinton

46-1402 @ Greenwood Senior Center.

Obama 4, Clinton 1

The senior center was also packed. Organizers let the long line of people waiting outside in to hear instructions, then finished registering in each precinct room. A very pleasant experience with a couple of Obama supporters wanting to speak (only one was allowed), but none of the Clinton supporters offered to speak on her behalf. People are very excited about November!

Precinct 1347 was slammed. We were one of four precincts crowded into a room that was maybe 40 by 40 feet. Our precinct had 170 people...we were the largest of the four, but that' still a lot of folks.

Many just signed in and left.

We kept signing folks in until close to 2:00, because many people went to BF Day School on Fremont Ave (most of the Democratic websites listed that as the caucus site).

Overall it was pretty orderly and smooth. Our volunteer PCO was a first time caucus goer and so really didn't know the process very well and things took a lot longer than they should have. But given the very large turnout and confusion over where to go, it could have been much worse.

I'm a fan of caucuses, so I liked it.
I'm a delegate.

Quick report: Whittier Elementary was a glorious mob scene. 88 people showed up for my precinct (36-2517) - 20 showed up in 2004. We got 8 delegates: 6 for Obama and 2 for Hillary. I'm an alternate!
(Sorry if this ends up posting multiply; I tried twice and it's frozen, and I've refreshed to make sure my comment didn't show up.)

My 46th district caucus was in an elementary school in a northeast Seattle neighborhood. I had to leave early to go to work, but here are a few observations from the first half hour or so.

I had to park 4 blocks away, which should have been my first clue as to what was to come. There were obviously WAY more people than expected. There was a line to get in. Registration took forever. Finding the right room for your particular precinct number was a chore. I'm not good at estimating crowd sizes, but suffice to say it was packed wall to wall. Standing room only. Not quite pandemonium, but not far from it.

It was mostly upper middle-class white people, mostly middle aged. Very few minorities or young people.

I didn't stay long enough to hear people pleading their candidate's case, but just glancing around the initial registrations, the crowd was overwhelmingly Obama. I'd guess something like 70%-80%, despite the demographics.

I hope never to have to subject myself to another caucus as long as I live. I'd be very happy to going back to regular voting, thanks very much.

Olympic Hills elementary in Lake City
precinct 2347

First count gave Obama 5 and Clinton 2 but a defection to the Clinton camp by one person swayed the final tally to Obama 4 Clinton 3.

Clinton camp was almost exclusively older women.

Other nearby precincts were more like 5 to 2.

36-2168 in Ballard
Whittier Elementary

9 precincts caucusing at Whittier Elementary, about 700+ people from the neighborhood. doubling to tripling 2004.

as expected, most folks showed up "on time" which meant late for signing in and registering. the line ended up around the block and caused a little "irregularity" in that things started later than they should've. but no one was turned away.

the 36-2168 ended up 4 delegates to obama, 1 to clinton, 0 uncommitted. other precincts looked similarly proportioned across the rooms and hallways.

clinton supporters cited healthcare and experience. obama supporters cited change, world relations.

unfortunately, though i supported and was elected a delegate for obama in the legislative district caucuses, i was a little dismayed by some obama supporter statements that frankly misstated clinton policies about healthcare, that somehow obama is lobbyist-free, while hillary is in the pocket of the 'healthcare lobby', etc.

caucusing is going to be flawed to me in that sense. un- or partially-informed folks making wild assertions and statements doesn't help the cause of their candidates.

see you ballard delegates on april 5.

wow. looks like a huge, huge, HUGE day for Obama.

Since I haven't seen my precinct, 43-2115: (same room as 2113)

Initially 9 Obama, 2 Clinton, 1 Uncommited

After the vote, went to 10 Obama, 2 Clinton

36-2168 in Ballard
Whittier Elementary

9 precincts caucusing at Whittier Elementary, about 700+ people from the neighborhood. doubling to tripling 2004.

as expected, most folks showed up "on time" which meant late for signing in and registering. the line ended up around the block and caused a little "irregularity" in that things started later than they should've. but no one was turned away.

the 36-2168 ended up 4 delegates to obama, 1 to clinton, 0 uncommitted. other precincts looked similarly proportioned across the rooms and hallways.

clinton supporters cited healthcare and experience. obama supporters cited change, world relations.

unfortunately, though i supported and was elected a delegate for obama in the legislative district caucuses, i was a little dismayed by some obama supporter statements that frankly misstated clinton policies about healthcare, that somehow obama is lobbyist-free, while hillary is in the pocket of the 'healthcare lobby', etc.

caucusing is going to be flawed to me in that sense. un- or partially-informed folks making wild assertions and statements doesn't help the cause of their candidates.

see you ballard delegates on april 5.

so at Meadowbrook community center here in North seattle, there were *hundreds* of people who turned up. The place was packed. 8 precincts met here--there was a very strong pro-Obama feeling.

My precinct, 46-2308, gave 4 delegates to Obama, 1 to Hillary, and 1 to Edwards.

Go Obama!

The 43-1851 line was HOPPING over at Prospect Church, let me tell you. My landlord even woke up early enough to attend (he was still in his pajamas, near as I could tell)... So cool, and now I'm SURE I want to volunteer this electoral season. Inspiring!!

43-2078 (u-district)
Final delegate count: 4 Obama, 1 Clinton

44 people eventually showed up for our precinct - it was chaotic, because there were 6 or 7 precincts in one giant meeting hall in a church basement, but overall it wasn't too bad. props for our volunteer precinct cap'n who kept us going without being overbearing.

1st tally: 34 Obama, 5 Clinton, 5 undecided

1 minute speeches were made. even though i'm for Obama i thought the Clinton supporter made a good speech - she thinks Clinton is more electable now, so give her 8 years then Obama 8 years. everyone applauded politely for both speeches. there wasn't any pressure on anyone to change sides, although some people did change because we didn't want to elect a uncommitted delegate.

2nd & final tally: 35 Obama, 6 Clinton, 3 undecided.

i made a last minute resolution suggestion that the dems figure out some way of having absentee balloting for working people for these caucuses. also, they need to have separate rooms for each precinct - it was almost impossible to hear what people were saying with all the noise. plus i agree the dems need to be way more organized in the future if this is the way they want to go for nominating candidates, but i did enjoy meeting some of my neighbors this way!

i didn't get results from the other precincts in the same room but since they had less delegates per precinct i think they will all be for Obama - there weren't enough Clinton supporters to get a delegate in those precincts.

viva Obama!

46-2342? (Olympic Hills Elementary)

Chaos is an understatement. I don't quite remember our number, but we had at least 80 people in our precinct, and it was 4-1, Obama in the lead.

I couldn't vote (damn age limit) but I know that out of our whole group, 4 people in the Hillary group stayed.

1345: 69 for Obama, 9 for Hilary. Delegates 6-1.
Oh yeah, and the annoying ultra-lefty caucusing for Edwards because he's "the only one not bought and paid for!" And somebody made a speech on behalf of Mike Gravel, but I couldn't understand what she was saying.
On behalf of my friend at precinct 1343: 4-1 for Obama.
On behalf of another friend at 1325: 6-1 for Obama.
Also, I know this is a North Seattle thread, but I have a report from Lopez Island on the San Juans. North precinct: 11-2 for Obama and South precinct 8-3 for Obama.
Also, there were plenty of attractive Obama girls in attendance. How is one supposed to meet girls at a caucus?

Results from 2254, the northeast corner of the 43rd:

5 to Obama, 1 to Clinton, 1 to Uncommitted

The Uncommitted was mostly people protesting the caucus system.

Results in the other 4 caucuses held in our location were similar.

43-2045 4 Obama, 1 Clinton (also at Keystone)
Missed out on the craziness in the sanctuary, but had to listen to a man in our precinct berate the undecideds for being undecided. Harsh. Left at around 3:15, and the precinct in the sanctuary was still going strong.

43-1363 Fremont

Caucus site: Nalanda Buddhist Temple at 3902 Woodland Park Ave N (easily confused with 3902 Woodlawn Ave N , and more than a few people were running the 6 blocks back and forth trying to find it).

Intial Tally:
Obama - 106
Hillary - 20
Undecided - 6
Bill Richardson - 1

Final Tally:
Obama - 111
Hillary - 20
Undecided - 1
Bill Richardson - 1

There were 133 caucasers in our precinct, proably another 100 or so downstairs in another precinct. when I stopped by the Fremont Library earlier there were like 3 different precincts meeting there and spilling for 2 blocks down the street as they got themselves sorted out. Yes, it was messy and crowded, yes it could be better organized (all you whiners will obviously be volunteering early on next time, right?), and yes, it's a lot of fun just the way it is, and yes, it's incredibly inspiring to see this many people caring about what happens!

Causcus on!

1308 -

Initially: 63% Obama, 23% Cliton, 11% undecided, 3% Edwards.

Final: 3 Delegates for Obama, 1 for Clinton.

Of the undecideds, 3 remained so. One went to Hilary and the remainder went to Obama.

Obama people were passionate in their speaking, energizing... Clinton people were defensive.

Biggest mover of the day:

If Obama were to face McCain: 49% Obama, 42% McCain

If Clinton were to face McCain: Dead even with current polls

43-1354 (northeast Fremont) met in one-third of the B.F. Day gym. There were 100 participants and 2 pens. Few spoke and there was little debate, likely because the noise from the two livelier meetings to our side. There were 85 Obama supporters and 12 for Clinton. Obama ended up taking 6 delegates, and Clinton has 1.

I stepped up as the alternate delegate for Clinton moments before the primary delegate realized she was at the wrong caucus.

43rd: 1352 - Fremont (Linden Ave, et al)

Almost 150 people turned out - Obama got nine delegates, Clinton got one. There were five of us standing up for Clinton, across the parking lot from the mass of Obama supporters. It felt like we were on the business end of a firing squad.

Overheard:
"You don't have a blog! Flickr doesn't doesn't count as a blog!"

Bryant Elementary Caucus Site (12 precincts in the 46th Leg Dist)

Obama 48 delegates (74.4 %)
Clinton 14 Delegtes (22.5%)

43-1352 (Fremont: Linden Ave)

With almost 150 folks turning out, Obama ended up with nine delegates and Clinton got one. The five of us standing up for Clinton across the parking lot from the glowering Obama mass felt like we were on the business end of a firing squad.

Overheard:
"You don't have a blog! Flickr doesn't count as a blog!"

36-1330 - east Ballard @ West Woodland Elementary

4 Obama
2 Clinton

About 100 people showed up for our precinct

43-1269

South Greenlake at Marshall Alternative

Obama 5
Clinton 1

46-2500:
4 delegates for Obama
1 delegate for Clinton

I was at Wedgwood Elementary and there were over 1000 people there split up between the 10 precincts. The total of all 10 precincts was:

41 delegates for Obama
14 delegates for Clinton

FIRED UP!!!

The 5 precincts in our Ravenna location went heavily Obama - delegate count was 21 for Obama to 6 for Hillary, with one uncommitted. People there were very patient, very good-natured, and I think most people there had a pretty good experience. Thankfully, every precinct had somebody willing to chair it who either had experience or had the right personality to pull it off.

46-2277 went 7 delegates for Obama, 2 for HRC. Caucus site at Eckstein was very poorly organized. While we were waiting for the final count, the PCO's husband got up and started talking about why he's running for the state legislature. His wife was the one in charge of the Eckstein caucus. If he couldn't even predict that her plan for the day was horrendous, there's no way he'd be a halfway decent legislator. He lost my vote for sure.

P.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell both endorsed Clinton but clearly are not representing the will of the people of Washington State. Consider writing to them that they should switch their superdelegate vote to Obama and that if they don't, we'll vote them out of office. (Also write to Gov Gregoire and thank her for getting it right.)

46-2260 (eckstein middle school)

5 delegates for obama (including me)
1 delegate for clinton

Caucus report 36 District, Precinct 1318

In our precinct, there were 109 people who showed up – about a 300% increase from 2004.

The vote total finished at: 81 Obama, 27 Clinton (don't know what happened to the other vote). The delegate breakdown was 5 Obama, 2 Clinton.

For the other three (3) precincts in the same shared hall as ours, the delegate splits were (unofficially) 5-2, 4-2 and 9-2 Obama. There were more precincts downstairs, but I didn't hear any numbers.

So the unofficial total for four precincts (1317, 1318, 1319, 1320 IIRC) in Ballard (Seattle): 23-8 in Obama's favor.

My resolution for public financing of voter-owned elections was accepted. News at 11 PM tonight! :^)

Hugh

43-2049

6 Obama
1 Clinton

Adams Elementary in Ballard
Precinct 36-3317

142 total in my precinct. (Triple the turnout of 2004)

Obama: 110
Clinton: 29
Kucinich: 2
Undecided: 1

6 delegates for Obama
2 delegates for Clinton

This was largely the story for all the other precincts at Adams, as far as I heard. And yeah, people were actually voting for Kucinich. Still.

43-2024
John Stanford Elementary
Obama - 5
Clinton - 1

46-2338 (At Northgate Elementary School)

35 for Obama, 17 for Clinton, which translated into 4 delegates for Obama and 2 for Hillary.

This is my first time being able to vote and I acted as secretary for our precinct as well. Chaotic, but worthwhile experience!

46-2228, basically Licton Springs Park.

4 Obama, 2 Clinton. 111 people (20 or so last time out).

Who cheated? I did. They made me chair. I threw out all the rules. Severely limited debate. Turned the Kucinich people into the power brokers. Total chaos. But delegates were named and no lives were lost. So I guess democracy still works.

Another member of Precinct 36-2517 reporting in. 88 people attending, up from 20 four years ago. First round of voting: 58 Obama, 23 Clinton, 5 Undecided. Second vote: 60, 23, 3. Final tally: 6 delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton.

The place was packed, a little chaotic, but overall people were really pleasant and polite. The only awkward part of the event came when no one wanted to give a speech supporting Clinton.

I ended up as one of the Obama delegates, which is pretty cool. Also cool: among the inspirational sports signs plastered all over the school gymnasium, was one tiny sign that read "You can rest when you're dead!" I guess gym teachers are the same as when I was in grade school...

43-1348 (Fremont)

Final delegate totals:

Obama: 8
Clinton: 2

@14

I was in the Sanctuary at Keystone and the woman in the choir loft was my hero. The guy running the caucus was doing a fine job but after he answered the first question I saw about 8 hands go up and was suddenly gripped by the horrible realization that he had inadvertently opened the door to a 20 minute leftie question-fest.

If it hadn't been for her I think we'd still be there.

Four precincts were jammed into the University District library. It was like sardines, thus it didn't work very well. It took forever to sign everyone in. We had over a hundred people at our precinct, plus many kids in tow, and the other precincts seemed to have similar numbers.

Debate was kind of pointless, as it was impossible to hear what was going on in your precinct from the other three. Thus, hardly any occurred. I left before delegate selection because I really dislike feeling trapped in crowds.

I heard the vote totals though (I think I remember right):
43-2069
Obama 92
Clinton 19

Not sure how that works with delegates. Like I said, too much people, not enough actual interacting.

The Democratic Party leader type person for our caucus site said the Republicans had snatched up Roosevelt High School, thus four precincts in a tiny basement.

@139: I agree with you about the leftie question-fest looming...but her tone and approach was unnecessarily bilious.

36-2133, Greenwood
5 delegates for Obama
2 for Clinton

Precinct numbers (if memory serves) were 43 for Obama, 21 for Clinton, 2 for Gravel (really?), and a handful who were undecided (didn't see where they ended up)

Greenwood Elementary cafeteria was crowded beyond capacity. It was next to impossible to hear our PCO and nobody really knew what was going on.

Area Precinct Coordinator for Fremont Public Library - yes, I agree with prior posts.

massive turnout - glad the Buddhist center people finally found Woodlawn (Obama people figured it out)

43-1350 - 5 Obama, 1 Clinton delegate (me PCO)
43-1351 - 7 Obama, 2 Clinton delegate
43-1352 - 9 Obama, 1 Clinton delegate

about three people wandered in after 2 pm, too late to vote, sorry ... wouldn't have changed delegate counts.

@141 - I would have to agree with the critique of her style, but I still think she performed a valuable service - particularly for the huddled masses in the next room.

If she had been a figure skater (and I'm not saying isn't) I'd give her a 5.5 for technical merit and a 2.0 for artistic impression.

43-2049 (University Heights Center)

I know someone already reported for this precinct but I figured some color commentary would be nice.

Precinct chair ended up being the woman who ended up being handed the envelope. She hadn't been trained, and didn't really know what she was doing. Interesting fact about her: as she was reading the caucus directions out loud, she kept misreading the word "precinct" by pronouncing the hard "c" and kept saying "prekinct". Lovely lady, really.

There were the usual bitchy people who apparently are hard of hearing, even though I could hear fine. I guess democracy for them means speaking with an unnecessarily loud voice so that they're heard?

There was an old guy reading the UW Daily throughout the entire meeting. Quite possibly the worst newspaper since the Seattle Times (which, amazingly enough is where they get all of their editorial ideas. Although they had a article about the SLUT a while back which was a total rip-off of what SLOG has been covering for what seems like a year).

There were 8 people out of about 80 who voted for Hillary. They alluded to the fact that if we didn't elect a woman now, we never would.

There was one guy who started out being for Mike Gravel, though he eventually switched over to Obama after saying he knew Gravel didn't stand a "snowball's chance".

There were about five or so people who marked undecided and a few of them left before the end of the caucus never to be heard from again. Those who did stick around eventually went for Obama.

Last but not least, a random guy, who seemed a little off, walked in off the street saying he wanted to vote. When the woman leading the meeting asked if he was registered to vote in our precinct, he replied by saying he wanted to vote for Bill Richardson. During the discussion that followed a few people said they really liked Bill Richardson and it was a shame he was no longer running. Regardless, the guy stayed true to the course and stuck with Richardson.

Even though Obama had about 10 times the vote as Hillary, we still had to split up the delegates 6-1.

2339 - 3 delegates for Obama, 1 for Clinton
2340 - 5 delegates for Obama, 3 for Clinton
2255 - 5 delegates for Obama, 2 for Clinton
2048 - 6 for Obama, 1 for Clinton

my house - 2 delegates, 1 alternate (all for Obama, all under 23 years old, all very good-looking)

43-1372 (Wallingford)

Initial tally: Obama 62, Clinton 29, Undecided 8
Final tally: Obama 66, Clinton 32, Undecided 2

Delegates: Obama 3, Clinton 2

Our PCO only allowed two speeches per candidate, and then two minutes for wandering around badgering people, but no one wanted to badger. I was really interested in the debate part, and disappointed that it cut off. The PCO acted like this was the rule: one minute total per candidate and he let us do an extra minute each. I also would like to think that with more time to trade speeches, the Obama group might have talked a couple more people over (maybe even just those two undecideds?) and that would have changed the delegate count to 4:1.

I got the impression that the Clinton folks, though in the minority, had a higher average commitment to their candidate. Not that Obama didn't also have a solid core.

The venue was just packed, which is good. But the planning on the part of the party was poor: We had five precincts all in the same auditorium (someone had the good idea to close the curtain in the middle, but still). That made it hard to really engage. Plus, lots of extra standing around as people sorted themselves out into the right precincts, etc.

whittier heights school in 36th: two precincts there have slogs above. there was good energy, but too many folks for the space. bad news for the Rs.

Obama landslide!

precinct, attendance, delegates: Obama, Clinton

2161, 94, 5, 2;
2162, 68, 3, 1;
2163, 70, 4, 1
2166, 79, 4, 1;
2167, 52, 4, 1;
2168, 71, 4, 1;
2169, 58, 3, 1;
2170, 82, 5, 1;
2517, 86, 6, 2.

Our precinct met at Eckstein Middle School. It was near pandemonium in that subdued liberal way. I really enjoyed caucusing but feel I need to move as it became clear that my neighbors are all white-ish. We had 6 delegates to allocate in 2776. We started off 5 Obama and 1 Clinton and after several speeches, ended that way as well. The speeches were intereting and people were respectful. That was cool to see. I did not like the delegate choosing process however. Mostly older women in the Clinton camp and since they were voting for here (admittedly) because she is a woman, there was no swaying them. We did get some undecideds but not enough to sweep. S'ok. good fun and great to see people out. Although it was fairly unorganized, I liked our chair person and felt she had a good balance of moving things along and patience.

I will be encourging our state senators to vote with the people and I will be commending Governor Gregoire on her endorsement and I strongly encourage others to do the same. If you don't, don't whine when the superdelegates are unfairly allocated!!!!!!!

46-2121 at Greenwood Senior Center:
9 total delegates: 7 for Obama and 2 for Clinton.

My caucus was different! It featured an elected official! Yup, newly elected school board director PETER MAIER is near my precinct and ran the caucus, and y'know what, he sure is a NERD. How the hell did he get elected? Oh yeah, the Times and 7 families who raised $200,000, but that's another story. Not only did he did a poor job of organizing this thing (and damn, is he a nerd. He has no presence and talks like a mouse) but he threw out a poorly veiled push for Hillary: "Your precinct has five delegates, so you might have three for Hillary and then... say... um, three for Gravel...". Yup, that's a quote and that's his math. Needless to say, even in the uber-pasty-white family mecca of Loyal Heights, Obama won in a landslide. Now, enough of my two cents...

@129

@149

King County Executive Ron Simms needs to hear from us as well. He is casting his superdelegate vote for Clinton although his constituents went about 75% for Obama? He needs to change his position, or we vote him out of office. OH yes we can.