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[MineralMan]

34. Thanks, Steve.

I spend a lot of time on DU. Way more than I spend in party politics. Even so, my participation in party politics in my own state is very important to me. From now until 2016, there won't be much to do. I'll update the precinct website from time to time. Next year, we'll have local elections and I'll be involved in that. Amazingly, I will be the only person at the 2015 precinct caucus, almost certainly and the only delegate from my precinct at the city and county conventions. The same will be true for just about every precinct, so those 70 or 80 delegates who show up will have an inordinate amount of influence on local elections. We'll be endorsing candidates, and in St. Paul, that endorsement is the same as getting the person elected.

Then, in 2016, there will be a lot more work to do. Really, it will be much like this year, since the local party organization has little to do with Presidential politics. I may go to the state convention in 2016. It should be very interesting. It will depend on my work schedule. I really don't have the chops to get elected as a delegate to the national convention, though. I couldn't afford to go, anyhow, but it would be fun to do that one year. But, I'd need to run for and get elected to our Congressional District board of directors to do that. I'm not sure I want to go that far.