Did the NY Dems try to limit attendance at the regional caucus last week?

[madfloridian]

Or did they just not know it was supposed to be public? Or was it lack of organization. A Driving Votes rep has a good take on this at MyDD.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/2/2/13534/95490

SNIP.."Initially, I assumed that in accordance with the DNC’s charter, it would be open to the public, and that we simply had to figure out what the procedure for attending was. Just show up? Submit your name in advance? Gradually, however, the answers from NYSDC staffers transformed from “I don’t know if it will be open to the public” to “It probably will be, but I don’t know the procedure.” No one had any information. Finally, caucus leadership told me that it would be closed to the public. The reasons cited were: limited space and that “we don’t want it to serve as a rally.” When I explained that my intention in attending was not to show up with a big sign and cheer for anyone, I was told that that was what happened at the ASDC conference in Orlando, and “we don’t want that.” I explained that I simply wanted to observe a process that I knew little about, but that would affect me a great deal, and that I had a right to. This was countered with, “The press will be there.” As Democrats should know most of all, this is cold comfort"

This is a long diary, but fair and well done.

[mandyky]

1. I foresee a bunch of these folks getting voted out

Their "press will be there.” comment was so telling. Like we have a press that tells the truth about Deamocrats generally, and Dean specifically.