Well, it has been quite a caucus so far. We are now getting ready for the resolutions, after having taken the votes for the groups.

At the first count, it was Dean, Kerry, Kucinich, Edwards, Uncommitted, and Clark–so the Uncommitted, Clark, Edwards and Kucinich people, with the least votes, had to vote elsewhere or combine to make a larger group. This is where the “horse trading” started. A lot of the smaller-group people joined the uncommitteds, making them a viable group. The Dean group, from some reports (nothing official), had made a deal with the Kucinich people, to give them enough people to make the count in exchange for Kucinich people coming to Dean if Kucinich lost out–and that is what happened. After we lost a few people to time, the final count was: Dean 69, Kerry 51, and the Uncommitted group with 29. That’s the three delegates right there, the people going to Scotland.

Barbara, very committed to this cause and excited to be involved, volunteered to be an alternate delegate. The Kerry group, which I am in, elected a main delegate and three alternates (one of which is moving to North England in three weeks anyway). So now everything is getting dealt with so we can vote with our blue cards for the resolutions. More on that as it goes. A long process, and almost over, but it has been a real experience.