Hey Guys,
The Texas Democratic primaries/caucuses concluded in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (2am) and will likely take a week to tabulate the final results! Jan and I got there at 7:00pm and did not leave until 11:30!! It was a total nightmare! Late primary voters were allowed in the building until 7:15, and in total >200 people had to vote on 8 machines. What a joke!
In addition, the election judges there were TOTALLY unorganized, and frankly didn’t really know what they were doing. This is not to mention that we were standing out in the freezing cold for ~2.5 hours. For the most part, people took it in good humor, but there were some that started yelling, making phone calls to campaigns, and some that simply had to leave and go home. This latter situation, I consider entirely unfortunate, b/c it could have been prevented. Someone screwed up.
At any rate, as everyone knows, Clinton edged out Obama 51%-48% in the primary; however Obama has a pretty good lead in the current caucus totals. Overall, the night went as expected, yet the Clinton camp is optimistic it can overcome its current deficit, and take over the nomination. However, I consider this pretty unlikely. On a side note, an advocacy group (which is to remain nameless) may sue pending the outcome of the caucus results. I’ll bet my dog Buddy that if Obama gets the caucus lead, they will move ahead with this baseless and frivolous lawsuit only to throw yet more tax dollars away. So in summary, we are both feeling pretty good bout how things stand right now, but both agree that the caucuses have to go. It makes no sense why we have to vote twice, it was run poorly across the state, and it serves no purpose. Ok that’s all for now. Have great day folks!
see http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#TX for a breakdown of election results
-Hubby
The highlight of our weekend has to be Stephanie’s bridal shoot on Sat. in Spring, TX. This was our 1st “official” collaboration, and I can’t be more proud of it than I am. 