I went to the Republican caucus meeting last night. Instead of having each precinct meet separately, they had about 30 meet in a jr. high auditorium. I was the only one in my precinct to show up so, well, I voted myself as a state delegate. Easy as that. I suppose a lot of precincts battle it out, people tyring to get the votes from members of their precinct to become a delegate. Being the only member of my precinct in attendance, I had the pick of the litter. That is, I could choose whether I wanted the state delegate position, the county delegate, the precinct chairman, secretary, or all of the above. I'd like to say that I got 100 percent of the vote, which is true, but since I was the only one to run for any of the positions, and to vote for that matter, it really wasn't that big of a victory. It's kind of strange how easy it was to become a delegate when you realize how important this is. People don't realize this. The candidates we vote for in November in the general election is a direct result of the votes cast by the delegates in a previous primary election. For example, the Republican state convention will be held in (I think) May. If the majority of delegates were to vote against Bob Bennett during this convention, he'd be through.
A similar thing happened a couple of years ago. I went to a caucus meeting wanting to just sort of sit in the back and watch. Since the turnout was very low, there were only two of us that could really serve as delegates, so, I became the county delegate and the other guy became the state.
Yes, I am a registered Republican. But I consider myself an independent thinker. If someone from another party were to run with ideas and values that I agreed with more than the Republican candidate, I would consider voting for that candidate in the general election. I'm not a "vote for the Republican at all costs" voter by any means.
Anyway, any input on who I should vote for in the upcoming Republican state convention would be greatly appreciated. Either email me or write a comment here. I'm pretty much undecided at this point.
