Why?????????? Damn!!!!

[pnwmom]

158. Caucuses attract many people who are passionate about their choice -- but that isn't

necessarily the party's base. The members of the base would vote for the Democrat in the general no matter who wins the primary. Many don't even vote in the caucuses because they know they'll vote for the Democrat, no matter who that is.

The voters of our state strongly voted to end our non-representative caucuses. But after the voters passed the referendum setting up the primaries, the party leaders went to court to assert their right to continue to pick candidates in caucuses -- the modern version of the old smoke-filled room. They argued in court that they had the right to retain control of the process.

So when they pass around the envelopes and ask for donations to defray the costs, I stand up and tell them why I won't help. There wouldn't be any caucus costs if we just used the state's primaries to assign delegates, like the Republicans do. It's what the voters wanted, and it's fairer. That's why most of the country switched to primaries long ago.