How dare you suggest that something underhanded is going on in politics! ;-) That sounds like a standard haggling transaction, but numbers would be better than percentages. Somewhere in the past a majority of Democrats must have approved the method but it is likely subject to change.

>Since you've been watching did you note how different the two main parties run the caucus? It amazes me when you think about it. The republican party is a straight straw poll and reports actual numbers, but the democrats do it differently and only ever report percentages. There can be a lot of 'finaggling' (and dirty tricks) to get the votes of any candidate who initially gets less than 15%. For example, if Clinton were to only get 14%, their group could tell the Edwards group 'Give us two people to make 15% or we will send all of us over to Obama' which is amazing and such things have occurred in the past. As far as I know, nothing like that occurred today, but I really don't know.
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>>Thank you mysterious man, of unknown faith, from Utah. ;-) I'm watching the fox news coverage. There is about a 32 percent return on the votes so far. This whole election effort is quite a process, but is, generally speaking, about the same as we do here when choosing a local representative for a political party. However, the party chooses it's own leader, who becomes the Prime Minister if that particular party wins the national election. It's great fun to get involved in it too.
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>>>Romney is not getting any input from Mormon world hierarchy on his campaign. In fact, the Mormon church never advocates that its members vote for any particular candidate. They simply say, "Go vote".
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>>>FYI, the leader of the Mormon church is a man and is called the President of the church. Women do not hold the priesthood.
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>>>>There is within the Mormon church, an enthusiasm to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. This is a noble cause. However, the Dome of the Rock has been built on the temple foundation. So, IF Mitt gets in will he assist the Morman church to get this done? After all, knocking down the dome of the rock to re-erect the Jewish temple will surely cause serious trouble in the middle east. What do you think? Is there anything to this?