March 06, 2012 04:00 PM UTC

Turn On, Tune In, Drop In...to Your Local Caucus

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• by: Middle of the Road

Yep, it’s here. It’s Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 and it’s caucus day for the Democratic Party. Some of you have state house or state senate primaries. Some of you don’t. Half of you don’t have so much as a single primary, even on a local county commissioner level this year. And you’re thinking to yourself, so what’s the point of showing up?

Here’s the point. It’s time to get organized. It’s time to get involved. It’s time to see those folks that you only see every two or four years (they’ll be wearing name tags so don’t panic if you blank out and your social skills abandon you.)

It’s time to push back. Hard. Maybe harder than we ever have before. Push back against an agenda that is set on undoing just about every single good thing that has happened in this country in the last 45 years.

Does that sound like a dire overstatement? It isn’t. If you’re a Democrat, it’s your reality.

So get off Facebook, get off your ass, get off the phone, stop watching MSNBC, stop listening to your AM radio and get to caucus. Catch a ride, take a bus, carpool. Walk. Crawl. I don’t care how you get there. Just get there. And stand up, speak out and volunteer to get out the vote.

Trust me, you’ll be there an hour tops–plenty of time to zip back home and watch the Avalanche kick Minnesota’s butt, Part Deux.

If you don’t know where your caucus location is today, go to the Colorado Dems website, click on “Where Do I Vote” and type in your street address and zip code. If you have any difficulty finding your location, call 1-800-311-8683.

I can’t make this any easier for you. It’s your choice whether to sit on the sidelines and bitch for the next 9 months or actively participate.

I’m choosing to participate. What are you choosing to do?