Concord and Liberty

Checking in again. I'm feeling gloomy about the Democratic presidential primaries. It's partly because I'm a Clinton supporter. I know she still has a chance to win and that a lot depends on the big primaries in early March, but the chorus of discouraging stories from the media is getting to me.

The main problem is how dysfunctional the entire Democratic primary/caucus process appears to be. I agree with a number of commentators who have said that caucuses aren't very democratic, since they only include the relatively small part of the population that can make it to the caucus at a specific time, instead of having all day to vote. And it's disquieting that there is so much disagreement about what the current delegate count is. You'd think somebody would know!

It's been a long time since there has been such a closely contested race. I'm sure it's just as well to find out the problems. They were bound to come to light eventually. Changes need to be made for the next time, but for right now, it's my candidate who is being harmed the most by the inadequacies of the system.