My caucus is HUGE

So, I walked home yesterday and was greeted at my door with my smiling roommate saying she had a present for me. She held out her hand, with a button reading “my caucus is HUGE.” Jon Stewart said it best when he said, “Tomorrow is Super Tuesday,” and the crowd went wild. “What kind of an audience do I have,” he said. “You guys get this excited over primaries.” As of right now, dozens of UNO students are wandering around campus with the same button on, getting people excite about the first Nebraskan democratic caucus. Where did all this excitement come from? I’d like to blame it on the media, but maybe that’s just my ego. Without Newsweek Magazine running a cover story on young voters, without MTV having multiple election events (in between marathons of America’s Next Top Model), without the Daily Show and Colbert Report, along with Letterman and Conan, talking with and about the candidates, I don’t think the turnout would be anything to impressed with. Maybe it still won’t be, but caucusing is in the air.I think Nebraskans are getting revved up for Saturday’s events, young and old. We Nebraskans aren’t used to grassroots politics, and it’s exciting to think that our voice will be heard.The caucus is a good step in getting younger voters to turn out because it’s more than just talking heads and hanging chads. It’s yelling and mobilizing and cheering, and all the good aspects of a Jay’s game.