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March 08, 2006

Roots Are Showing

I went to my precinct caucus last night.

If turnout is any indication, things might be finally picking up for Saint Paul Republicans.

The last time I attended the caucuses, my precinct was represented by...me. And my son, who I brought with.

Last night, we had five people - a sixtysomething architect, a very young married couple (students across the street at Hamline) and another student. Not much - I'm sure my DFL precinct had dozens - but it's an off-year with neither senatorial nor mayoral races, so it was great to see people. Our precinct is entitled to NINE delegates - so we are all going to the District 66 Convention in April.

There's a certain shell-shock to being a Republican in my part of Saint Paul; you look at your neighbors; they seem fairly normal; then you realize they elected Chris Fecking Coleman as mayor, and (worse yet) Jay Fecking Benanav to the City Council. It's like discovering the nice couple down the street runs a meth lab, or that the little boy who delivers your copy of "Grit" is in jail for killing someone with chainsaw.

Where are you now, Brett Schundler? Saint Paul turns its lonely eyes to you...

Posted by Mitch at March 8, 2006 07:08 AM | TrackBack
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It's just not the same as the old smoke filled back room, is it?

Posted by: Kermit at March 8, 2006 08:53 AM

Holy Crap!

I went to my DLF Caucus and we had a record turnout of 46 people.

Two years ago we had 37 people turn out and that was a Presidential year...

One of my neighbors drove by the site of the Republican Caucus and the lot was just about empty.

Also, there were at least three couples there that I know and could have sworn were VERY Republican.

I have no idea what all of this portends but it was pretty interesting...

Posted by: Doug at March 8, 2006 10:32 AM

Glad to here things are picking up Mitch. I just went to my first precinct caucus in my new district last night. 42A is mostly Eden Prairie, the event was held in Eden Prairie, but my precinct is in Minnetonka so we had me and one other person (although the other Minnetonka wards had more people.

On the bright side, we had no trouble electing delegates to the April 22 convention and 11 of my 12 resolutions passed with no trouble ;)

Anything interesting happen at yours?


Posted by: Thorley Winston at March 8, 2006 11:42 AM

I object to the term 'Fecking.'

Posted by: Jeff Fecke at March 8, 2006 01:05 PM

And we object to the name "Fecke", and hereby insist you cease and desist with its use.

Posted by: Union of Fecking Feckers at March 8, 2006 03:48 PM

Mitch,

Between the District 66 convention, the NARN show, and the open house at Bill's Gun Shop, it sounds like you'll have a busy April Fools Day !!

Posted by: Just Me at March 9, 2006 12:08 PM
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