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I just got this via email from my friend Fred Holden:

John –

I always marvel at the good work you do.

Recently you asked for comments about the importance of the Caucuses… (Here are my thoughts) use for your purposes.

Fred Holden

I can think of no more important and exciting a citizen opportunity and fulfilling responsibility than once every two years, attending a neighborhood caucus. Here is how I put it on page 321 in my book, TOTAL Power of ONE in America: Discover What You Need to Know, Why and How to be a More Powerful Person and Citizen:

"The formal national political cycle starts at the "neighborhood caucus" which usually takes place the first Monday of April or May in even numbered years. (February 5 in Colorado in 2008.) It is organized by both major political parties. Meetings are held in homes, schools or municipal buildings designated by politically defined boundaries called precincts. Each precinct contains approximately the same amount of registered voters--those eligible to participate. Just showing up can get you "put to work," and into a new position of status and influence.

"Nomination and election of those present fill official neighborhood committee positions. Issues are discussed and delegates are selected to attend various political assemblies which in fact determine who run for various offices. People from these caucuses formulate the official party structures and platforms, so your attendance at these meetings should receive your high priority. Determine and reserve these dates ahead of time, preempting vacations and other delayable or avoidable schedule commitments.

"As a delegate, you can be an effective supporter of the good candidates and a formidable foe of bad ones. You will be wooed and hopefully won by candidates for high public office, those who desperately need your understanding, support and vote. They will talk to you, answer your questions, seek your advice and solicit your opinions on issues. They will want you to sway others to vote for them too. You are a VIP, a very important person, especially to those who seek local and national elective office."

GO, BE THERE, RUN, DON'T WALK, TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICAL CAUCUS. MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DEFENSE OF THESE UNITED STATES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WAY OF LIFE, FOUGHT AND DIED TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND ABUNDANCE OF THIS MARVELOUS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM. IF ONLY TO HONOR THEIR LOST LIVES, SACRIFICES, PAIN AND SUFFERING, GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAUCUS TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 2008. BE THERE AND FIND OUT HOW GREAT IT CAN BE TO BE AN ACTIVE CITIZEN.

Then read Chapters 24 through 26, on how to make a difference.

Fred Holden, author
TOTAL Power of ONE in America: Discover What You Need to
Know, Why and How to be a More Powerful Person and Citizen.
(Tattered Cover Book Store, 303-322-7727, 1-800-833-9327, $29.95)