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Well, it looks like Obama took NE as expected, but I’m glad to see we didn’t go down fighting. The numbers were as follows:

As you can see, it was a very close race in the 3rd district, and even in the 1st district it wasn’t a grand slam for Obama. The only real home run was the 2nd district, with Obama getting 76.8% of the votes. Now, I will admit, the whole process was a complete disaster. I thought it was just our polling place yesterday, but looking at the Nebraska Democrat Blog, it seems there were massive issues everywhere from drinking while voting to people feeling the voters didn’t get a say in what was happening:

I went to the caucus at 1st and Cornhusker. As I sat at a table, I was told that I could not drink the soda that I had in my purse. I looked around the room and saw several people drinking liquior. I was not comfortable discussing politics with people who are drinking liquior. After observing this, I felt I could not be a part of what was going on. It has been my experience that when people are drinking liquior they do not come up with good solutions. I left and went home.

All delegates went to Obama, even though we exceeded the 15% viability threshold for Clinton. In talking to others, it sounds like there was little consistency in how these caucuses were run. If my vote counts, which after this I don’t think it does, go back to the primary way of voting. This was a joke!!!

But what is done, is done. Hopefully they learn from their mistakes and fix it before the next election. Besides that there isn’t too much else… except after talking with people yesterday and reading an article this morning, I feel like I should mention something.

While I was speaking with people, one thing came up in every conversation, and that was that they worried that if this whole fiasco went to the convention, no matter who was picked (be it Hillary or Barack) they felt that the energy the Democrats have now would go away. They all suggested that declaring a Clinton/Obama ticket. The feeling was that if they joined forces, Obama wouldn’t lose the energy he has with his crowd, and Hillary would keep the energy she has with her crowd. The would be able to keep speaking around the country, but instead of rivals, they’d be speaking as partners. Now, according to that article, that’s something that has been brought up before and may be in consideration.

The Clinton camp hopes to stop the Obama bandwagon by winning Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4, after which Mrs Clinton is planning to call on party grandees including Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Harry Reid, the party’s leader in the Senate, to persuade Mr Obama to stand down.

Clinton aides have privately admitted that Mr Obama would only consider such a move if offered the position of vice presidential running mate, something Mrs Clinton has always been reluctant to consider.

I believe at this point they both need to stop thinking about winning, and start thinking about their party and winning back this country. If Obama and Clinton truly were candidates for change and dreams and everything else, they’d realize what they needed to do to bring this all home. Only time will tell what will happen, but this is the only way I see it ending well (with the party so divided, a lot of Hillary supporters may not vote for Barack, and if he stands down a lot of the people he’s inspired may not stand behind Hillary). Oh well, until next time!

Wow, that was the craziest thing ever. The caucus was set to start at 12:00, so Jess and I arrived at 10:30 so we weren’t late. We registered early and sat down. We were told they were estimating about 800 people. Around 11:30 they probably already had over 1000 people inside and were starting to panic. Apparently traffic was backed up and there were lines out the door. At 12:00 we were told to move from the cafeteria to the main entry way as they were running out of room. At 1:00 they announced they’d be running late because they were still letting in the lines of people.

By 1:30 we were told to go into the gym, and it was instantly packed… with just 3 districts! There were still people in other areas. The current estimate is around 3000 people showed up for the caucus. As far as our districts went, we seemed about evenly split down the Clinton/Obama border (I couldn’t tell who had more supporters, seemed pretty even… not a sweep for either candidate), not really seeing that many Undecided voters.

We were finally able to cast our ballots (in a sense) and get out of there by 2:30. It was a madhouse. As we were leaving we heard other districts just starting. I’d almost assume people are still there. Even though it was a complete madhouse, I’m glad I went. I got to talk to a few fellow Hillary Clinton supporters, as well as a few Barack Obama supporters and they all were very nice and articulate on why they liked their candidate. Amazingly all said they’d support either candidate if they won, and they hoped whichever got the nomination would take the advice from the other. I was surprised at how civil it was!

Now, I didn’t bring my camera because we weren’t sure if they’d allow it, so all I have are some cell phone shots, but they get the point across that there were plenty of Clinton supporters at the Sarpy County Caucus:

Now we sit and wait for the results. The Omaha Channel is keeping track with live updates here, and I’m sure CNN will as well as the day goes on. Now it’s time for me to go back to redesigning this site! I’ve got quite a start and I can’t wait to see it in action! Until next time, folks!

UPDATE: Seems they estimated for less than 500 and had over 6000 (from KMTV News):

A sea of Nebraska Democrats packed into the gym at Papillion La Vista South High School. Organizers only expected about 500 people at this caucus site . The county chairman says 6,000 showed up.

After watching the Super Duper Mega Ultra Tuesday results last night, I was thinking. Why is it that it seems everyone and their mother is for Obama, yet Hillary is still neck and neck with him? Why does it seem that everyone who is popular (or wants to be popular) is willing to follow Obama to the ends of the earth? Or is it really that way?

When talking to people I’ve heard that Obama has a ton of endorsements and Hillary has almost none. Looking online and watching the news it almost seems that way… it seems that every second that goes by, Obama gets even more endorsements while Hillary sits in the corner. Is that how it really is? Is she really as unpopular as people think? No. Look here:

Who’s backing Hillary Clinton?

Hillary Clinton for President - Endorsements

Wow… actors, actresses, musicians, and others from all walks of life:

50 Cent, rapper
Billie Jean King, tennis champion
Quincy Jones, musician
Berry Gordy, founder, Motown Records
Maya Angelou, poet
Rob Reiner, director
Barbra Streisand, singer
Kimora Lee Simmons, fashion designer
Jenna Jameson, porn actress
Carly Simon, singer-songwriter
Jack Nicholson, actor

Over a dozen Govenors (current and former) including:

Ohio Gov Ted Strickland
New Jersey Gov Jon Corzine
Maryland Gov Martin O’Malley
Arkansas Gov Mike Beebe
Delaware Gov Ruth Ann Miller
Pennsylvania Gov Ed Rendell
Delaware Gov Ruth Ann Minner
American Samoa Gov Tulafono
Nebraska (Fmr) Gov Bob Kerrey
Nevada (Fmr) Gov Miller
Washington (Fmr) Gov Gary Locke
North Dakota (Fmr) Gov George Sinner

She has endorsements from big news organizations, senators, and other famous Americans:

Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
Gavin Newsome, San Francisco Mayor
Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Gen Wesley Clark (ret)
Former V-P Walter Mondale
Kerry Kennedy
Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
The New York Times
El Mundo
The Denver Post

There are many more (click those links!) that think she’d do a great job as President (to be fair, here’s a list of Obama supporters: Who’s backing Barack Obama). Now, there aren’t that many actors and actresses, and there are a lot of people you may have never heard of, but look them up. See if they’re more qualified than Scarlet Johanson to give advice on who would be a better president.

Just something to think about. I’m not saying people shouldn’t vote for Obama, I’m just saying you might want to see through the hype and make a more informed decision.

Jess and I just got back from the Husker game (thanks to the Pres of my company we got great seats). Today the Huskers managed to squeeze out a 41-4o victory over Ball State (David Letterman’s alma mater) and all in all it was a great game. Jess and I got some sun, and are kinda pink and need to remember to wear sunscreen in the future. Really, just wasn’t thinkin’ when we went out this morning.

Check this out… a shot I took of Nebraska’s winning touchdown (click for full pic):

I told ya they were nice seats!