Rocket_pilot
02-07-2012, 10:00 PM
Just a report from a RP supporter on the ground here in MN...
First off, I'm ironically in Michelle Bachman's 6th congressional district (and Senate District 56 here in MN). Her husband actually spoke at our caucus tonight. He was exactly how you would expect him to be. Also, each of the presidential candidates had representatives that spoke on their behalf (local citizens). Santorum had nobody willing to speak on his behalf. By far the best speaker was the RP guy, he was very articulate and passionate and even got several rounds of applause from the crowd. I have no idea who he was, but if your reading this brotha'....good work!
Once we broke down into precincts the real business began. Our precinct captain for RP here locally got elected as the precinct chair for the next two years (first victory of the night!). We also scored the position of precinct secretary (second victory of the night!). When delegate time came we scored at least 7 delegates I could confirm out of 18, myself included. We possibly had more, but once voting is complete people scatter and it was hard to track everyone down and feel em' out for who their guy was. Needless to say it was a win for my precinct tonight!
As for the straw poll taken by our precinct, Santorum won by 2 over Paul. Romney and Newt were a distant third and fourth respectively.
Straw polls don't matter, delegates do. And in that regard we did pretty well.
Just my report from the ground. I'm looking forward to making it on to the next delegate round here in MN!
First off, I'm ironically in Michelle Bachman's 6th congressional district (and Senate District 56 here in MN). Her husband actually spoke at our caucus tonight. He was exactly how you would expect him to be. Also, each of the presidential candidates had representatives that spoke on their behalf (local citizens). Santorum had nobody willing to speak on his behalf. By far the best speaker was the RP guy, he was very articulate and passionate and even got several rounds of applause from the crowd. I have no idea who he was, but if your reading this brotha'....good work!
Once we broke down into precincts the real business began. Our precinct captain for RP here locally got elected as the precinct chair for the next two years (first victory of the night!). We also scored the position of precinct secretary (second victory of the night!). When delegate time came we scored at least 7 delegates I could confirm out of 18, myself included. We possibly had more, but once voting is complete people scatter and it was hard to track everyone down and feel em' out for who their guy was. Needless to say it was a win for my precinct tonight!
As for the straw poll taken by our precinct, Santorum won by 2 over Paul. Romney and Newt were a distant third and fourth respectively.
Straw polls don't matter, delegates do. And in that regard we did pretty well.
Just my report from the ground. I'm looking forward to making it on to the next delegate round here in MN!