Caucuses are about intensity of feeling and real dedication to a particular candidate or to a process.

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But the first consideration is to fire up your own supporters, while suppressing intensity of feeling on the other side.

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Actually, I think passion - intensity of feeling, action and expression - has always been an essential part of the national character on this island.

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