http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004174796_caucusmain10m.html

Sen. Barack Obama easily won Washington's Democratic caucuses Saturday, besting rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as overflow crowds embraced Obama's message of hope and rejected the notion that the freshman senator wasn't ready to be president.

"You got to believe, don't you?" said Bev Grace, an 83-year-old Obama supporter in Vancouver. Grace said she was raised as a Republican and her husband and son are veterans. But she's had enough of war and liked Obama's opposition to U.S. involvement in Iraq.
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I attended my caucus yesterday, and I was amazed at the number of people that showed up. We had an overflowing crowd that had to be squeezed in with a shoe horn. After hearing Obama at Key Arena on Friday I was inspired to participate in the caucus. One had to be there to feel the energy. I haven't had that feeling since my Youth, when Civil Rights and the Vietnam War, were issues. Obama fired up and energized the crowd, like no other candidate has. The majority of Washingtonian looked past his race, and found a message that provided hope. That's what we as a nation need now is hope and change. He represented that for us. All races, age groups, gender, gays, straights, religions,......you name it, showed up at the rally and at the caucus.

BTW, I was elected an Obama delegate from my my Precinct.