caucus

Who won in Nevada?

So, Hillary wins the popular vote, but Obama may have won more delegates. Kinda sounds like a rerun of Bush v. Gore.

Caucus rules are very arcane. We aren't likely to figure out who gets more delegates until April. And if there is a change, we are talking one or two delegates.

So Obama didn't gain in Nevada, but he certainly didn't lose much, either. Now off to South Carolina.

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Court tosses at-large caucus lawsuit

Court throws out Clinton-backed suit to limit union voters on Las Vegas strip:

A federal judge on Thursday allowed Nevada's Democratic Party to conduct voting to choose a U.S. presidential nominee in casino hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, a decision likely to boost Sen. Barack Obama.

For once, slime doesn't win the day.

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The Strip lawsuit

A comment on a story about the Clinton lawsuit to stop the at-large caucus sites on the Vegas strip:

On what basis does the teachers union really have a legitimate complaint, given that caucuses have traditionally been held at schools? Don't their union employees get the advantage of having higher average caucus participation too? Hasn't that given them the very same kind of advantage for years that the casino workers are now being accused of wanting? Should they be forced to stop hosting caucuses at schools?

It's sad that the Clinton machine feels the need to limit participation in the caucus, when they were all for the same setup before the Culinary union endorsed Obama. As a source at the Obama campaign told me, it's all sour grapes.

The court will hear the case today, and odds are it will be thrown out.

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Heck of a job, Carson City GOP

Looks like the Carson City GOP didn't file the paperwork for one of their two caucus sites for Saturday, and now they have to move it at the last minute.

But seriously folks, I'm surprised there hasn't been more of this stuff. These caucuses, especially on the Democrats' side, are very complicated to put together. They have never done anything on this scale before, and it's mostly put together by volunteers.

Let's hope this is the only glitch.

UPDATE: Oops, I spoke too soon. Looks like there is more chaos on the GOP side just north of us in Storey County.

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