Wow! My WA caucus had 6x the turnout of 2004! Some groups had to meet outside in the wind/rain!

What an amazing number of people showed up at our local high school for the caucus. The entire parking lot was filled and the gyms couldn't hold all the people.

I live across the Sound from Seattle in a somewhat rural area that is about 60% Dem and 40% rep. The organizers were shocked at the number of people who came out--over 6x the number who caucused in 2004.

I went in undecided, but leaning toward Obama, and ended up being one of our five Obama delegates to the legislative convention in April.

Our meeting was rather heated--several strong environmentalists who actually don't trust Obama on nuclear power and worry about his ties to the coal industry. Several military families with children in Iraq who were in tears just wanting someone to end the war. Many spoke negatively about the "baggage" Hillary will bring to the job as opposed to the charisma of Obama. Our precinct was 70% Obama supporters and 30% Hillary. I was also surprised at how many elderly people were there, worried about their health care and keeping their homes.

It was a powerful afternoon and I came away with a sense of how pissed off people are and how worried they are about the future (young and old alike). Everyone also made it clear that he/she will support either Obama or Hillary, whoever wins the nomination. It was an interesting mix of disagreement and agreement. I'm absolutely inspired to volunteer for whoever the candidate is!