Texas caucus goers are not obliged to vote for the same candidate they voted for in the primary.

Also, the number of caucus goers for any candidate is determined by who shows up to caucus. More Obama supporters showed up for the caucuses than Clinton supporters, hence his lead.

However, delegates to the county convention (decided last night at the caucuses) are not committed to the candidate they supported at the precinct level and may change their votes.

I can’t remember at what level, either State or National, is when the delegates must commit (no vote changing) to their candidate. At each level (precinct, county, state, and national) the number of delegates get narrowed.

And I am a delegate to the Travis county convention

Can you explain, for the Texas-impaired, the difference between the primary and the caucus, and how (at least according to counts I saw yesterday) Clinton was leading in the primary but Obama in the caucus?

Signed: very confused.

Eat a couple of spoonfuls of that BlueBell Dutch Chocolate for me. My wife and I attended the caucus in precinct 106 in Manor. We are both alternate delegates for Obama to the convention on March 29th.

The outcome was 7 delegates for Clinton and 8 for Obama. The difference in enthusiasm was noteworthy. There were 16 people who wanted to be delegates for Obama and only 9 for Clinton.

I also voted in the primary and attended the caucus. It was crowded (300 or so), chaotic, and absolutely fascinating. I’m not one for new age nonsense, but there was an energy in the room. People were excited. I felt like there may be some hope for this country after all.