Caucuses are undemocratic

The turnout for caucuses was extremely low compared to primaries with numbers like 1 and 2%. Caucuses also tend to be classist because most people don’t have time to caucus. Caucuses had average turnout of 6.4% of eligible voters. Primaries had an average turnout almost five times higher, 30%, with healthy numbers like 30 and [...]

We Cannot Stop!!

Although I’m all equanimity and deep thoughts over at my place about this election, here I want to keep up the call to action for Sen. Clinton.  I don’t know how many of you get bogged down in the craziness on-line, or confused by the countless ways people are interpreting this election.  The bottom line is: [...]

Hillary’s Thank You Message

Dear [Hillary supporter],
Your hard work and dedication mean so much to me, and I know you played a critical role in our wins on March 4.
I recorded a special message for you the night of March 4, and I hope you’ll take a look.
Click here to watch.
We still have challenges ahead, but I know that [...]

March 4: Week in Review

I’ve been quiet the last few days, at a conference in New Orleans.  I’m about to rent a car and check out the city - I haven’t been here in six months, the longest stretch since I started consulting here in January ‘06.  Thank goodness for Donna Darko continuing to populate this site.
Last night I [...]

Gender is the story of this election Part 2

Here is Part 1 from two weeks ago. Further proof this election is about sexism or beating the woman not winning in November. From the Washington Post, “Downside of Obama Strategy“:
Obama strategists figured they could compensate for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s strength in large, traditionally Democratic states by focusing their efforts on smaller states, many [...]