nystrom. >> i'm gary. [inaudible] kevin gorman. >> barbara brevard. i'm representing steve cruz. >> donna haslip. and what we are going to do today is have the information on a lot of confusion between what a caucus isn't a primary so we will try to explain this a little better to people. and make it a little clearer and the lady that's going to the do the presentation is irene westrum. she will start with the thing she's going to tell us. >> what is a caucus? people want to know the difference between a caucus and a primary. when you'd want to know something what do you duquette to look in the dictionary but her primaries run by the state just like the election. you go where you normally vote in the caucus is a closed meeting of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates to decide on policy. in iowa this means the political parties themselves run the caucus. it's not run by the state or the county or anybody. is there anybody in here that hasn't been to a caucus?

we will have gary nystrom lead us. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> we could go around the room and introduce ourselves. we will start with gary nystrom. >> i am the chairman of the republican party. >> [indiscernible] [indistinct conversation] >> and what we're going to do today is have the information on a lot of confusion between what a caucus is, and a primary, and we will try to ask plane this a little better to people. make it a little clearer. the lady that will be the presentation for us is eileen. she will start with the things she is going to tell us. >> turn off your phones if you haven't done that so far. what is a caucus? that was before i knew c-span was doing this. people want to know what's the difference between a caucus and a primary. when you want to know something, you look in the dictionary. a primary is run by the state just like any other election. you vote where you normally vote. a caucus, going off what the dicti

we will start with gary nystrom. >> i'm gary. [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> becky waters. >> about waters. >> -- bob waters. >> [indiscernible] >> and what we are going to do today is have the information on -- there's a lot of confusion on what a caucus is and a primary. we will try to explain this a little better two people and make it a little clearer. the lady that is going to do the presentation for us is eileen westrum. she will start with the things she's going to tell us. >> so what is a caucus? they wanted to have something on what is a caucus, and that was before i knew c-span was going to come in. people want to know what's the difference between a caucus and a primary. when you want to know something, what do you do? you look in the dictionary. a primary is run by the state like any other election. a caucus -- and i'm reading with the dictionary said -- a caucus is a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction, usually to select ca

we will start with gary nystrom. >> i'm gary.scernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> becky waters. >> about waters. >> -- bob waters. >> [indiscernible] >> and what we are going to do today is have the information on -- there's a lot of confusion on what a caucus is and a primary. we will try to explain this a little better two people and make it a little clearer. the lady that is going to do the presentation for us is eileen westrum. she will start with the things she's going to tell us. >> so what is a caucus? they wanted to have something on what is a caucus, and that was before i knew c-span was going to come in. people want to know what's the difference between a caucus and a primary. when you want to know something, what do you do? you look in the dictionary. a primary is run by the state like any other election. a caucus -- and i'm reading with the dictionary said -- a caucus is a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction, usually to select candidat

we will start with gary nystrom. >> i'm gary. [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> becky waters. >> about waters. >> -- bob waters. >> [indiscernible] >> and what we are going to do today is have the information on -- there's a lot of confusion on what a caucus is and a primary. we will try to explain this a little better two people and make it a little clearer. the lady that is going to do the presentation for us is eileen westrum. she will start with the things she's going to tell us. >> so what is a caucus? they wanted to have something on what is a caucus, and that was before i knew c-span was going to come in. people want to know what's the difference between a caucus and a primary. when you want to know something, what do you do? you look in the dictionary. a primary is run by the state like any other election. a caucus -- and i'm reading with the dictionary said -- a caucus is a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction, usually to select ca