caucus time

There is one very good reason for me to keep my permanent address as my parent's address in Coralville, rather than my apartment address in Iowa City. Round about this time of year, during an election, we get numerous calls to our home asking about caucusing and supporting various candidates. I am a registered Democrat for the reason of having experienced my first caucus at age 18, at the Kirkwood Elementry school gym, and I caucused for Al Gore that year. I am only a registered Democrat for lack of energy in changing my status back to Independant, which I generally more aptly fall in to. So, unfortunately my parents have been fielding these phonecalls and adverts for me for the last couple of months. The few times I have been home, I did receive a knock on the front door, and a woman from the Obama camp asked to speak to me. She asked me who I was voting for and why. But, before I could actually tell her my opinions, my mom told her her own. I found this pretty hilarious. I only had enough time to slip in that I am caucusing for Hillary (haven't decided who I'll "Vote" for yet..), and mostly because of her health insurance plan, and her understanding of international politics that far outweighs that of her fellow candidates.
I will say this though...being in Iowa this is one of the few times we get all this national and international attention, and this year, with the caucus moved up, I know many students at the U of I and ISU and UNI won't be doing the caucus, because they are at home for winter break. THat will be interesting to see, since Obama appears to have a huge following at the U of I campus (this is based only on the # of ppl marching for him in the homecoming parade that I witnessed)...
guess it's anyone's race right now....