"Caucuses aren't for ciphers" by Sue O'Brien, Denver Post

COCaucus.org Save the Caucus! One phone call at a time! (GrassrootsRules.us coming in November): Caucuses aren't for ciphers by Sue O'Brien: My friend Sue O'Brien wrote this when our wonderful Colorado Caucus, our neighborhood system for nominating candidates to the primary ba...

Caucus is an American word.

...And so it turns out that CAUCUS is a truly American word, properly borrowed by immigrants from natives, a democratic word in a time when a working democracy was not yet even a working idea. This was a term which the American republic of the early l9th century was quick to turn into political operation and would never relinquish as useless or obsolete. It may be that the present caucus as precursor for part elections is not necessary, but the notion that discussion on every level is profitable, is in the end quite necessary, and a good safeguard against voting rights being hurried through the polls without sufficient warning. The right to associate and discuss is at the heart of any democratic process, and if do we end up associating overly and talking endlessly, that will be the price of democracy, and the inefficient minor segment of a larger process which does by its essence and importance require endless talk and endless consideration.

William Harris
Prof. Em. Middlebury College
www.middlebury.edu/~harris

http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/caucus.html

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COCaucus.org Save the Caucus! One phone call at a time! (GrassrootsRules.us coming in November): Don't let them AstroTurf the Colorado grassroots!/...

COCaucus.org Save the Caucus! One phone call at a time! (GrassrootsRules.us coming in November): Don't let them AstroTurf the Colorado grassroots!/...: Vote NO on Colorado Propositions 107 and 108 (new numbers now they are on the ballot, were Initiatives 98 and 140) they will kill our wonder...

Political expert, Colorado expert on Caucus:

No on 107 and 108? Outrageous flip-flop! Sue Obrien must be rolling over in her grave. See her Caucus column: https://t.co/22QrXdQuav

— John Wren +++ Start! (@JohnSWren) October 5, 2016

Denver Post slams Colorado Caucus.

The Denver Post makes no sense in this editorial today. Defy the Denver Post! Vote no on 107 and 108. Here is why. Those supporting clearly have limited experience, don't understand Colorado and our political system. Support our Colorado Caucus, best chance the common person has of serving in elected public office! Vote NO on 107 and 108. Save the Caucus!