Democracy is a Good Thing - When It Happens

The first ballots for our next president were cast tonight in Iowa and I’m watching the process unfold on a C-Span stream in my RealPlayer. Its fascinating. Its real democracy, loud, vocal, hundreds of people crammed into a small, high school cafeteria voting with their voice and a raised hand. Its 8:30 pm in Iowa now and the voting for president is over, but I’m still enthralled as the remaining caucus goers continue to discuss and vote on committee members, platform planks and argue, politely, over procedure.