After attending a caucus, I like the "undecideds" discussion.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

15% was the benchmark for undecideds. My precinct hit that number easily. Each group had the opportunity to convince the undecideds to vote with them, after the straw poll, before the vote.

One undecided wanted to know why Obama supported the death penalty. The Obama precinct person immediately said he'd research it.

Answer: Sen Obama didn't go on record as opposing it, however, he supported legislation to bring it to an end in Illinois.

That was a thought provoking moment. The eminent value of people connecting.

The best, best thing about this is that people met and talked and connected and were neighbors talking about those things which were most important to us.

The worst thing was the loss of privacy with the vote.

Yet, it's majority rule and an opportunity for discussions with people who think just about everyone should do well. Pursuit of happiness and all that.

I suspect we had quite a few former R's deciding in favor of sanity. :-)

Any other observations?

on edit: it appears Sen. Obama might have had tremendous influence with Gov. Ryan in revoking the death penalty. It answers my question, why did a corrupted politician like Ryan perform this most ethical of public services.

[thunder rising]

1. Obama supported the death penalty for certain well defined extreme murder crimes

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. I'm thinking about a certain governor's abolishment of the death penalty in a certain state.

I appreciated hearing from his campaign a response to "we, the people."

Which leads back to why caucuses aren't all bad.