Some of your concerns about additional caucuses are well-founded, but we do need to consider how different people focus on politics. Many of the people who showed up this year, of course, were thinking nationally. Many others think more locally. I would wager that many of the people who were excited to show up last night wouldn't even be able to name who represents them on the City Council. There are differences between those who would show up for city caucuses and those who would show up for state-wide caucuses. Certainly, there is much overlap, but there definitely are differences.
If we were to return to biennial caucuses, we should at least distinguish between delegates to the city and senate district. That is, if our attendance can be maintained. I know that people in many precincts would have liked to be delegates to at least one of the two conventions, and I don't want to shut people out, especially when it may be to make room for someone who doesn't choose to attend the other convention anyway.
David Weinlick Minneapolis
Chair, SD63 DFL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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