Kootenai County Caucus Faces

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Dawn Bignall, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance witht he crowd in the North Idaho College gymnasium at the 2008 Idaho Democratic Caucus Tuesday. Several hundred people turned out in snowy weather to take part.

Katia Cooper uses signs to attract attention to her candidate, Barack Obama, in the North Idaho College gymnasium at 2008 Idaho Democratic Caucus Tuesday. Cooper, originally from Honduras, became a U.S. citizen in January. “It’s too bad that not many U.S. citizens understand how important this is,” she said.

Vanessa Trudeau, center, of Hayden squeezes up to the registration table in the crowded lobby of the North Idaho College gymnasium to get into the 2008 Idaho Democratic Caucus Tuesday.