Report from Kansas caucus - this is UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

I am STILL standing in line waiting to caucus in the most republican county in Kansas. Been here two and a half hours!! There are 5000 people at this caucus location only. Yes I said FIVE THOUSAND. And before tonight I didn't think there even WERE 5000 Democrats in my whole county.

Oh also, we stood in line in the freezing cold and it started raining ICE. But no one left. We just got inside and my feet are frozen but my heart is warm. I have NEVER been so proud to be an American.

[MadBadger]

1. ???? Didnt Obama already win Kansas?

[TheDebbieDee]

7. Don't ruin it for Proud2b!

Let Proud2B tell you the story........

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. lol

I love you Debbie.

And damn it I came here to caucus and I am going to caucus!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. They just now told us that

But no one is leaving. This is fucking historic.

[NYCGirl]

2. Fired Up!

:applause:

[stillrockin]

3. I thought Kansas had been called.

[derby378]

22. Projections are so much BS

The only thing that matters is the final tally.

[stillrockin]

30. right you are

[gateley]

4. Thank you - this makes me proud to be an American - and a DEM! - too. nt

[EFerrari]

5. Good God. Try to stay warm!

:wow:

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. We are inside now

[godai]

6. Great! Thanks for participating. n/t

[bullwinkle428]

9. Are you posting on an iPhone or something? Just curious!

I've gotta get me one of them babies!

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Yes an iPhone

[bullwinkle428]

28. Very cool! Always had fantasies about DU at my fingertips anytime!

:thumbsup:

[blm]

10. Geez - - Good for America.

I am beginning to believe that America REALLY WANTS this opportunity to show they aren't the racist nation that most of the world sees.

Makes my heart sing.

[caligirl]

this comment should be on our front page mods. Its an incredible statement of the

American spirit after 7 years of the worst President in decades.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. LOL

Works for me.

[brystheguy]

12. I had to give up but I smiled the whole time!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=153x8688

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. I am sorry you couldn't stay

But was this just the greatest or what?

I even got a parking ticket. But I don't care. We made history tonight. And it feels so good.

[Adelante]

14. What a story for the ages

:wow:

[rwheeler31]

15. wow

[Pirate Smile]

16. Where are you at? My Mom was at the OP 87th St location - small church.

Big traffic jam. I'd say the state Democratic Party was unbelievably clueless about what was headed their way.

Great news though.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. Yes that's where I am

[Pirate Smile]

29. I posted the thread below after my Mom called about the traffic jam trying to get to the caucus.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4415713&mesg_id=4415713

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. Same thing at another caucus location a few miles away

Cops having to direct traffic and a line that stretched for blocks. And the weather was horrid.

Most of my friends were at the other location and we kept calling each other comparing notes. This was just an absolutely incredible experience. This county is so republican. Or maybe I should say it used to be. :)

[grantcart]

18. great do you have pictures

fantastic

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Only of the asshole cops

directing traffic.

[brystheguy]

26. Here's a pic from my KS caucus.

This was the scene at my caucus in Kansas. Thankfully it was held at a school so everyone was inside for the most part. The line on the right is the line to register as a Democrat so that you could caucus that night. It stretched twice as long in the opposite direction. That line went from one end of the school to the other. The other line for those that were already registered was just as long. That line went down a different wing of the school. It was amazing.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Awesome!!

[chieftain]

33. Oh my !!. This Missouri boy is very proud of you, neighbors.

Here's hoping that when the KC and St. Louis votes are counted Missouri will join Kansas in the Obama column.

[Hoof Hearted]

48. Holy CRAP!

Good for all of you! Good for Dems!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

19. repub crossovers for the Primay ....lets hope they are there in Nov.

[Bjorn Against]

21. I have lived in this neighborhood for over a decade, and I have never seen so much traffic

I am in a fairly quiet suburban neighborhood about ten miles south of Saint Paul, and I have never seen as much traffic as there was outside of the High School where the caucus was being held tonight since I moved here in 1996. The turnout was absolutely incredible, I was fortunate that I was within walking distance because the parking lot filled up long before caucuses began and they ran out of ballots and registration sheets before I got through the line. We had to sign in and cast our ballots on scrap paper, I don't think they expected even half the turnout they got.

[inchhigh]

53. SE Minnesota

In my Precinct there were at least four times as many people as anyone there could remember.

[tigereye]

24. good for you! This is very exciting for so many Dems to be out there!

[proud patriot]

31. Today is a good day to be a member of the Democraitc Party

[rasputin1952]

32. That is beautiful!!!!

here's hoping the message flows out all over the country!

I too am so proud of how many have shown up to help put this nation back on course...:patriot:

[beyurslf]

34. In Wichita here. I live in a strong Republican State Senate district.

It was chaos there were so many people there--and TONS to register as Dems for the first time. They kept apologizing for the delays--ran out of registration forms and had to scramble to get more copied. They announced that they expected about 300 people to come and the turnout was 850!

[Neecy]

35. I'm home now.

All I can say is - I'm shell-shocked. My feet hurt. I have a headache.

BUT F'N YEAH, OBAMA WON KANSAS!!!!!!!

Congrats for sticking it out. You're right, it's worth it. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I never would have believed it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

44. My friends were at your location and we kept calling each other

It was incredible, wasn't it?

I even got a parking ticket and I don't care. I stood in line for 4 hours to vote. My neighbors cared enough to show up in horrible weather to make their voices be heard.

[stlsaxman]

60. Certainly the judge will waive that ticket!?!?!?

I heard of a city last election that waived all parking tickets occurring during polling hours... anyone else hear that?

or, my Friend, you can go down to the courts and write out the check bursting with pride!

you rock, proud2Blib!



:yourock: :headbang: :yourock: :headbang: :yourock:

[tapper]

36. 2200+ in one Lawrence location

I was at what was apparently the largest caucus in Lawrence. (Of course, our caucus area is the heart of the blue oasis in Kansas. :) ) The party at least had the sense to change locales from the original plan, which would have had us in downtown Lawrence at a place that could hold less than half the number that came. (Unfortunately, they didn't change the other downtown caucus site--they got closed down by the cops (too many people) and had to move.)

Thanks to the location, we had enormous long lines, but they were mostly inside. (basically, the building is a glorified cow barn.) Main problem--besides overflow (it was after 8 before they finished signing everyone in, after a 7:30 deadline) -- was people getting stuck in the mud, having to park in the grass. (Rain all morning into mid-afternoon, snow by the time we finished the caucus.)

The results weren't even close--the Obama group was so huge they didn't even try to count it directly; just counted the other groups, and the remainder was Obama.

[beyurslf]

37. We walked out of our location to a blizzard. It was windy and cold when we went in

but nothing like that. I had parked clear across the campus along with most everyone else.

[proud2BlibKansan]

51. Lawrence rocks!!!

[catrose]

58. Lawrence totally does

I almost moved there...

[krkaufman]

38. Got the chills reading the last bit of your post.

I'm thinking it was from the feeling emoted, and not the visualization of the weather conditions.

[proud2BlibKansan]

41. Update on the count

The cops told us there were at least 5000 people but the final caucus count was 1200. BUT they expected 100 at this location. It took four and a half hours to get everyone in and counted. And it was raining ICE while we waited. WOW. I am just so overwhelmed and so proud to know that my neighbors cared enough to stand in line while it rained ice.

[TriMetFan]

42. Thats good to know that so many people showed up!

The more Democrats show up to vote or Causes, the more the re-thugs will know that it is not going to be easy to steal from us in Nov.!

[rosetta627]

43. You'll have to write a sequel to "What's the Matter with Kansas?"

Call it "Nothing."

Kudos.

[FrenchieCat]

45. !

:toast:

[crickets]

47. I was thinking the same thing.

Welcome to DU, rosetta627! :7

[rosetta627]

54. Thanks crickets

Just in time for the big event too.
Helluva Super Tuesday.

[CitizenLeft]

49. hahaha, great line!

CONGRATS, Kansas!!! :patriot:

[Cha]

46. Really NICE to see that

Obama Avatar on your post, Proud2Blib!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. He got my vote tonight

:)

[Seashell Eyes]

52. 1,093 people for Obama in the Leawood Middle School gym

The line was all the way around the school and they couldn't even get started until an hour after it was supposed to. And this is Leawood, a city that was founded to exclude Jews and blacks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

55. That's so great!!

:woohoo:

[Seashell Eyes]

56. It was surreal.

I was caucusing for Obama in the same spot where ten years ago, I did drill team routines and exercised to Richard Simmons. :)

[Evergreen Emerald]

57. Bush really rallied the democrats together!

[crim son]

59. The shrub's hellish eight years may have brought us something good after all.

Americans are suddenly motivated to participate in the process. Great story, proud2Blib.

[sce56]

61. Yep now if we only had reliable vote counting! n/t

[calteacherguy]

62. K&R. nt