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I attended the caucus in my district (my first). I had no idea what to expect. Upon arrival, everyone checked in and was referenced to voter registrations from their town; those not on town lists were given provisional ballots. Weeks later the powers that be in the GOP decided not to count any of the provisional ballots.

I entered the hall and met some folks that had helped with my campaign in 2010; we all studied the fliers given by different candidates and by advocates of the two "slates": Romney slate and Liberty slate. Many of the people in the hall were predetermined to vote the Romney slate and many the Liberty slate.

The candidates were all required to pledge to support Romney at the convention and to follow the rules of the convention. After their pledge, they all gave short presentations. When the vote was held, it became apparent that many of the people predisposed to vote one of the two slates in entirety were swayed by the speeches and voted for other candidates.

There were over two hundred people in this room, there was wonderful excitement that has been lacking in the GOP in Massachusetts. Many that regularly attend these types of events were thrilled at the level of participation and excitement at this event and there were 8 others in the state very similar to this one.

As can be seen in the article cited above, the state GOP has decided not to seat the duly elected delegates, citing non compliance of an arbitrary rule made up after the fact. Actions like this naturally compel one to believe that if they will do this at the level of the party, they will have no problem doing the same when elected; which makes them democrats.

The state GOP has set their brand back decades with this asinine move. Those people that flooded the caucus will rightfully seek other mediums to forward their political ends, those mediums will not include the GOP.

I truly believe we are witnessing the death of the GOP.