Caucuses over

They called the Republicans early. It took longer to call the Democrats, but I was updated as a woman from NBC sitting behind the media risers would yell the numbers out to a man from NBC on the front media riser. Not a bad spot. All the waiting amounted to less than 15 minutes of Edwards talking. He didn't yawn. Like I thought, the fun began with the editing. I got back to the newsroom around 10 p.m., and stayed until about 2:30 a.m. during which time I drank another soda, edited the footage of Edwards and Biden and enjoyed the atmosphere of camaraderie as what seemed like the entire Des Moines Register newsroom worked together to cover the caucuses. It was fun to contribute to the coverage, especially with people I had worked with over the summer. In fact, it felt more like a party than work. Look for the work of my colleagues and myself on desmoinesregister.com or on USA Today’s website, as I hear they were interested in picking up some of the coverage, although I’m not sure what parts of the coverage. It’s about 3:30 a.m., and I’m still awake, hyped up on adrenaline and caffeine, although probably mostly on caffeine. I probably shouldn’t have had that second soda.

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