[bbernard]

I guess I was more angry with myself for not disussing the primary with them. I figured they have been registered republicans their whiole life for sure they would be voting. I found out the day before when I called them to see who they were going to through their vote behind. I was bummed.

I thought about re-registering as an independent when Lou Dobbs was pushing it but I figured it would be a bad move because I lived in a closed primary state.

In closed primary states the independents have no choice but to accept whoever the nominees are. In our two party system it seems like being an independent actually helps the establishments in Washington.

[mountainbunny]

We (husband & myself) reject the fossilized Republican power structure which is keeping outsiders permanently outside, and have for a long time. Still, we want to caucus every four years, so we're doing this.

I'm not sure that Lou Dobbs' suggestion is a good one in closed primary states, because as you say, it prevents those voters from voting in the primaries unless they do what we do. Registering and re-registering requires that the voters know the Caucus deadlines (the dates by which you have to be a party member in order to qualify to vote), and to be able to commit to doing it on time every time.

Not everyone lives and breathes politics the way I do :)