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...least that's the case in Jim Kalal's caucus
Dressed in a gold and white West Point football jersey, Jim Kalal spent much of the weekend before the caucus crouched over a yellow Princess phone, his voter lists spread but on the dining room table. As a supporter of Ronald Reagan, he was trying to round up a few more votes. As temporary chairman of the meeting, Kalal also used these final hours to figure out how to take charge of the caucus itself. Rather than depend on just a blackboard, for instance, he decided to set up his own slide projector to display the returns on a screen...
...friends in Harlan take politics as seriously as Jim Kalal does. A native of Nebraska, Kalal, 44, studied engineering, then worked 17 years for the Lincoln electricity company before moving to Harlan in 1973 to manage the town's municipal utility. A plump, amiable man with curly gray hair, Kalal is married and has four children. In 1976 he supported President Ford against Reagan because he believed a White House incumbent stood a better chance. This time he decided to go with the former Governor of California. Says Kalal: "I liked what Reagan said four years...
...evening of the caucus, Kalal goes early to the small meeting room in the basement of the town hall. As chairman in 1976, he played host to fewer than 20 people in his living room. Tonight, with a seven-man race and all the press attention, Kalal is expecting a bigger turnout. He sets out 60 chairs, then places a Reagan flyer on every seat. "If people show up," Kalal observes, "someone will just have to stand...
Shortly after 7 p.m., the caucus-goers begin arriving, half an hour early. Every seat is soon taken and still people are streaming in. Kalal announces that the caucus is moving to larger quarters in the basement of the Methodist Church a block away. Once there, Kalal starts looking for an outlet for his projector in back of the dark oak podium. But nowhere is there a three-prong outlet. Kalal, slightly ruffled, dispatches someone to find a blackboard. "I'll have to play this by ear," he says, opening the meeting. "I'm Jim Kalal, your temporary...