There were caucuses for 6 Democratic and 2 Republican precincts, and the place was packed. There were 73 people at mine--73 big people camped into a room made for 15 little people. They said that in 2004 they had 3 people show up for the caucus. For all of Colorado I heard that 120,000 -150,000 (depending on the news outlet) turned out last night, compared to 15,000 in 2004.

It took a very long time for everyone to sign in because they required more than just your name on the registration sheet. And only one person at a time could be signing in.

• First, they read the rules, which literally took about 10 minutes.


• Next we elected a chairperson and secretary. There were two people there that had been trained and wanted to do it so that was easy.


• Strawpoll election with all of the people that have ever declared their candiacy even if they have withdrawn: 37 for Hillary; 33 for Obama; 1 for Richardson; and, 3 uncommitted. There was one person I had literally never heard of. We voted by raising our hands and then lowering them as we counted off.


• It was suggested and voted on that two people would be allowed to speak for each candidate for one minute.


• After five people spoke, someone suggested that anyone that wanted to talk could do so. That was voted down by a big margin.


• The final vote: Hillary-38, Obama-35. Then, using a convoluted equation, 8 delegates were awarded to Hillary and 8 to Obama (who I voted for).


• Then they started the process of electing delegates to the county caucus which elects delegates to the state caucus which then elects delegates to the National Convention.

I left at this point because I had cast my vote and didn't want to be a delegate.