Mesquite Texas, Precinct 2312 - 200 Voters Locked Out

With the data coming in explaining that Barack Obama won the Texas Caucus, you'd think it was over, but not exactly. This voter, an Obama supporter named Avia Rice, is sharing what reads like a minor horror story down there..

Hello All:

I just got home from the Mesquite, Precinct 2312, and we waited for over 1 hour to only find out that our chairperson never showed up. We were given several numbers to call and nothing was ever resolved. The dallas county election person that handled the primary ran our meeting, when she shouldn't have, and assured us that our paper votes would count. THis was so discouraging. Once the announcments were made that we weren't aware of her wherabouts, about 20 people left and hten another 25 or so left when we were told that we were to vote on paper.
I will be calling and complaining to the Democratic party chair and well as trying to contact the media. Its very interesting that this was running rapid in Mesquite, Garland and Desoto where voters are heavily African Amercan and Hispanic. We got news that about 200 people in Desoto were locked out of the school and never let in to even try to Caucus.

What else should I do to report this?

CLINTON PISSES OFF TEXAS WITH LAWSUIT THREAT OVER CAUCUS

In a classic case of "What are they thinking" Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the Texas Democratic Party over the complicated Texas Caucus process. The lawsuit action contrasts with the "Go with the program" approach of the Barack Obama campaign, where the Obama website has a special section devoted to the Texas Primary and a guide to the voting and caucus process.

The Clinton website's Texas link takes one to a phone banking page; there's nothing on the website about the Texas Caucus process.

What's interesting about this also gives a window to why the Clinton team is failing. It comes from the old "control" centered mentaility, which says "I must have control over what I do not understand," hence the lawsuit. Meanwhile, the Obama campaign's 21 Century approach is to jump into the culture of a region, in this case, Texas, and inform its supporters on the "rules of the game" there.

Which process do you think works better?

But the larger concern I have is with the slash-and-burn approach of the Clinton campaign and its impact on the Democratic Party. The Clinton's seem bent on destroying the party for their own purposes. An Obama win would mend the party quickly; a sweep of all states would terminate the Clinton campaign and right this ship before it's too late.

What's the concern of the Clinton camp? They feel the party has not trained each campaign on the process itself. However, it could be said that the Clinton campaign didn't even bother to learn about the caucus process either. The Obama campaign's not complaining. Perhaps that's because they're prepared.

Think about it.