Missouri Caucuses hit the news: and not in a good way

Clear to The New York Times today on yesterdays cluster puck that was the caucuses: Disruption Closes a Missouri Caucus Before Vote "ST. PETERS, Mo. – Voters here in St. Charles County did not get a say on Saturday in who will be the next Republican presidential nominee after a disorderly caucus on Saturday caused organizers to adjourn before delegates were selected. The unrest began as the caucus at Francis Howell North High School was called to order more than a hour late, then delayed again when a member of the crowd refused to put away a video camera, as required by the rules outlined by the local Republican Party." A video camera? Not allowed by the Republican Party? Um, why? What is there to hide? I'd love that answered. Here's the travesty of it, it seems: "St. Charles was supposed to select the most delegates of any single caucus in the state, and turnout was much higher than expected." If you read the article, it seems the Ron Paul people were being shut out. If that's not what happened or not what the author intended as a take-away from the article, that's certainly what I got. That Republican Party surely is a mess, at least locally, as here, if not statewide as well as on the national level. Ain't 'dat just a dang shame? Links: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/disruption-closes-a-missouri-caucus-before-vote/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120318; http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/us/politics/in-missouri-the-gop-fight-for-delegates-enters-round-2-post-beauty-contest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss