This year, the GOP held its caucuses between Jan. 25 and Feb. 5, and turnout was about 1,700, four times the number in 2004, according to party Chairman Willes Lee.
The high water mark for Democratic caucus participation was 4,900 in 1988. But party officials say that Tuesday’s caucus participation could be triple or even quadruple that mark.
“The caucus turnout here is going to be huge,” Milner said, adding that Obama’s native son status adds to the excitement.
Hawai’i (29 delegates)
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Now, we don’t know if the other 50% will have precincts as large as the first 50%, but it looks to be easily more than quadruple the previous high participation. And it seems certain that the current 3 to 1 loser will have more votes than the entire high water mark of participation in 1988.
Yeah, but it’s all empty rhetoric based on false hopes and inexperience (and kindergarten themes).
When even the second place finisher is earning more votes than the entirety of the other party’s vote totals it has to send chills down Republicans’ spines. (And it can’t all be explained away by indies all going over to vote on the Dem side as McCain has the Repub side mathematically locked up.)
…Cornered animals tend to get a bit cagey, elephants included. Prepare now for the sh!tstorm that will be Election 2008 because we ain’t seen nothing yet in this relatively tame primaries.