From a diary on Dailykos:
"This is from an email sent by my friend Ed Fallon, who happens to be running for Congress in the 3rd District of Iowa, challenging Rep. Leonard Boswell in the primary. Ed's a former state representative and gubernatorial candidate. He describes an event at his precinct caucus where support was decided with a game of rock, paper, scissors.
Dear Friends,
I’ve heard lots of entertaining stories from this year’s Iowa Caucuses, but none beat the following.
In my caucus, a handful of Kucinich supporters were not viable. I laid out my case why John Edwards should be their second choice. A young gal explained her rationale for Obama. After 20 minutes of haggling, a flustered Kucinichite threw up her hands and said their group would caucus for whichever candidate’s representative won a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
So, like two gladiators, Obama’s champion and I strode forward to battle, best out of three. I’d done a lot to prepare for this year’s caucus, but never imagined I’d have to hone my Rock, Paper, Scissors skills. The alacrity of youth prevailed. I lost, but our Edwards group remained viable, and the delegates were split evenly among Clinton, Obama and Edwards.
Quirky stories like this are the fun stuff caucus folklore is made of."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/8/93324/34483/472/432780 May as well just pull names out of a hat :eyes: