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Only 2 people for Edwards, 2 uncommitted, 1 Gravel, and the rest are Clinton or Obama
Obama: 82 Hillary: 79
Highlights of video feed:
Woman running caucus said "shit" on mic.
One Obama person switched over the Hillary side mid-count.
Dispute over Obama being at 82 or 81 and Hillary at 78 or 79. Recounting several times.
People are changing between counts. Woman running caucus says they can no longer move - need to stay in seats - no movement - and she claims that only those who are NOT in Obama or Hillary groups are allowed to move during second realignment.
Confusion regarding total number of caucusers. They are trying to figure out how many people are there.
People are caucusing without numbered cards. This explains the discrepancy in the numbeThey really are having a hard time figuring out who showed up on time and got a preference card and can therefore participate.
Final: 166 attendees. 33 delegates.
Viable groups: Obama and Hillary
Dispute about whether there are 166 or 167.
Obama: 82 Hillary: 79 They keep recounting - confusion about the cards.
Woman running caucus getting frustrated with the numbers discrepancy.
Getting really tense about this one extra card 166/167 people.
Calculator is broken - she needs a new one.
The 2 Edwards, 2 Uncommitted, and 1 Gravel are told to realign.
People are shouting for Obama and Hillary.
Non-caucussing people are told not to talk to the undecideds.
"How do you do divided-by?" asks the woman running the caucus to someone helping.
They are multiplying 82 by 33 and divided by 166 and saying "this doesn't make any sense"
Can't seem to figure out how to calculate the delegate totals.
"I just can't tell what all these numbers are"
Chant of "Let her decide!" - unclear as to the context
New calculator is presented.
Trying to figure out the realignment. Some yelling and screaming.
One Edwards person says he is going home, not voting. Other goes to Obama (with the uncommitteds)
Final Count announced
Someone is screaming about John McCain and told to leave.
Final Count:
Hillary: 80 16 delegates Obama: 86 17 delegates
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