Voted or Whatever

Today was the Utah Caucus.  I went to my Caucus meeting this evening, in the snow might I add.  Our precinct meets at South Elementary in the library.  The precinct is pretty much made up of the ward boundaries of the Cedar 8th Ward.  That is who we saw at the meeting tonight along with others who reside in the boundaries as well as one additional street to the west and folks that live on 400 South.  I think it is a pretty neat thing to participate in that event.  We got to vote for a state delegate and 4 county delegates in the caucus.  We also got to cast our vote for the republican nominee for President.  I proudly voted for Ted Cruz.  I happen to like Cruz.  I certainly like him a lot more than Donald Trump.  Donald Trump is currently leading and it is going to be difficult for Cruz to catch him but we will see how it goes.  The big question at the moment is will any of the candidates reach the number of delegates required to win the nomination out right or will they be short, leading to an open convention?  There are those that are hoping for the open convention. I don't know what to think though I find it difficult to be excited about Donald Trump as our eventual nominee.  This political season started out with several great candidates who have fallen one by one to Donald Trump.  It almost feels as if the Republican Party has been taken hostage by a bunch of angry people who are falling all over crafty rhetoric that lacks substance on the part of Trump.  He is saying things a lot of people identify with who are upset with the status quo but his plans aren't extremely clear or well developed.  We certainly know that Mr. Trump knows bad deals when he see's them and he is a great deal maker.  Sounds great I guess, I'll give him his due there.  Does that qualify him to lead the country?  I don't know.  Does that enable him to enact good policy for the American people?  I don't know.  Does that make him the kind of moral leader we want at the head of this great country?  I don't know that it does.  Certainly any man in the spotlight  of the presidency is going to be examined and there will be faults found, weaknesses exposed, character flaws present.  No one candidate seems to be perfect. Can we live with the candidates that are left standing?  Can we in good conscience vote for one of those candidates?  Tough questions.  I absolutely despise Hillary Clinton and more and more it is looking like she will be the democrat nominee for President.  Pulling the trigger for her would be an extremely difficult thing for me to do. There is rampant corruption that surrounds her and her husband. It would be an extreme challenge for me to cast a vote for her and I am not so sure I could in good conscience do that.  Can I be facing a lose lose situation?  Those are not good situations, in fact those are bad deals and I know a thing or two about deals...