Texas primary election/causus disaster...

A lot of people are saying that the comples procedures used in Texas could be a disaster. As much as I can tell, and it is very confusing, anyone who votes in the regular primary then is allowed to join a caucus in the evening to vote again, so to speak. These caucuses choose ⅓ of the delegates to the convention.

The anticipated problems come from the planning that has gone on to navigate this bizarre system. Mayhill Fowler over at Huffpost calls it the 'Primacaucus'.

The Texas Two-Step is not a primary and a caucus. It is a primary and a "precinct convention." This terminology, alone, has Texans scratching their heads. As a questioner from Dallas TV said in a conference call with the Obama Campaign Friday, "we are getting calls into the station; people are confused. Is there going to be anything else on election night?" You'd think Texans would know by now. But ask anybody with the Iowa and Nevada Democratic parties, and they will tell you that voters have to be given instructions over and over again.

Beside the amount of time it takes to train the people running the caucuses, it will take time tonight to train the people involved in the actual voting.

In addition, there are reports that the sites of the actual caucuses have many problems. One report has a caucus located at a senior center that will only hold 350 when the district incorporates a university that has 10,000 eligible voters. Oh, and there are only 35 parking spaces at the senior center.

well, now. what can one say? this is Texas after all. the state that gave us you know who...

we just might have fun with this. it could go on well into the night, giving MSNBC's Chris Matthews enough fodder that he'll continuously have orgasm after orgasm...

one thing i can - i'm not going to stay up to watch the festivities. i can wait until morning for the instant replays...