Post-Caucus

What an interesting night last night.  Doug called on the way to the DFL caucus to say that the line of cars stretched from the middle school a half-mile to the highway and onto the highway for a quarter mile.  In MN, the caucuses are only open for voting for 90 minutes — from 6:30-8pm — and if you’re not in line by 8, you’re SOL.  Well, I took some back roads with no traffic, and it’s really no trouble finding a place to park a Mini.

The ballots were gone, so I cast my ballot on a ripped sheet of notebook paper.  And when we left, at 7:50, traffic was still backed up over a quarter mile.

Obama overwhelmingly won Minnesota.  Here are the results from my congressional district:

They got home at 7:35, and Lily and I jumped in the car
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

And in my precinct, it was Obama 118 – Clinton 54.

Nationwide, I think it showed a few things: the Dobson/Limbaugh/Hannity coalition has almost no gas in the tanks.  The Obama momentum is continuing.  And Huckabee’s populism resonates with at least some voters.