Today is the biggest day so far in presidential politics this year. Kansas holds its Democratic caucuses tonight. My guess is that Obama will do well with his trip to El Dorado and his 20 paid staffers compared to Clinton's three. But you never know — Clinton has the institutional support and hard core democrats will attend.
If things are as tight as polls and pundits predict, Kansas' 30 delegates could be the deciding ones in the final delegate count from today. I'm glad the Democratic Party decided to join the Feb. 5 fun, which makes Kansas relevant again in primary politics. Republicans caucus on Saturday. It appears McCain will have things pretty much sewn up after today, so that vote might not mean too much.
Too bad state lawmakers and the Sec. of State decided not to hold a primary, which is much better representation of how voters feel because not many voters will attend a caucus. I've spoken to lots of people who said they'd like to go to support their candidate (mostly Obama) but won't for whatever reason - work, child care, elderly who don't want to drive 30 miles.
But at least we have something ......
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A caucus is not as conveninent as voting in a primary. Why did the Kansas Legislation vote not to fund a primary in Kansas? I would like to be involved in one just to see how it works, but it sounds like it takes alot of your time.
Well, McCain does not have it wrapped up and I hope Republicans will continue to give Mike Huckabee another look. He won the South, something necessary for Republicans in the fall.
Huckabee is pro-life (always has been), has proposed the abolition of the IRS and all of its restraints on free speech, believes in the 2nd Amendment as a fundamental right that goes well beyond hunting, will drill in ANWR and the Gulf in order to keep us from dependence on terrorist nations for our oil, and is a believer in the death penalty (he carried it out 16 times!).
For more information on how to causus (applies to all candidates):
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=1391
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