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Was just chatting with a friend of mine, who's a Republican. I hadn't paid much attention to anything besides the results, but there's a lot of disheartening stuff out there. Seems like the GOP hadn't planned well for this process at all . . .

• Here's a picture of the caucus location my friend was at


• People going to the wrong location because they weren't properly informed!


• Great to see people enthusiastic about the process - arriving an hour before the start . . .


• More early arrivals


• Poor planning - 1400 people waiting? (picture)


• Running over 45 minutes behind?


• Disenfranchised with the process


• And lastly, from a blog - "What an absolute cluster f..."

That last blog is just painful. No precinct captain, so the guy steps in, with absolutely no training, does the best he can, and the end result? "The end result; our precinct has no delegates, so I suppose our "vote" will not count." Tragic.

This is really sad to read. With such incredible turnout, this was a great opportunity to get people excited about the process, but instead it sounds like many were disappointed.

I thought the caucus I went to was reasonably well run, but it sounds like the GOP didn't plan accordingly. And apparently, this wasn't unknown . . . Ron Paul pointed this out, but too late to make a difference it seems . . . so sad. I'm really upset that people walked away from this disenfranchised. :(