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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:31 PM
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Las Vegas Sun: Clinton carried six of the nine casino-hotel caucuses
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/early-line/2008/jan/19/clinton-adds-another-casino-cleaning-strip/

Hillary Clinton has carried six of the nine at-large casino sites on the Strip, despite the influence of the Culinary Union. Clinton has carried at sites in the Flamingo, the Rio, Paris Las Vegas, New York New York, the Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas. Only the site at Caesars has gone for Obama so far. First vote at the Mirage was 178 for Clinton and 153 for Obama and 3 for Edwards and three uncommitted. So on second round, that site, too, apparently will go for Clinton. The Luxor site is closely divided and voting again.


That's an interesting development. So why did the Clintons waste so much good will fussing over the legitimacy of those caucuses? It will be very interesting to hear from the workers who caucused on the Strip, especially those members of Culinary Union Local 226, about when they made their final decision.
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:32 PM
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1. The clintons didn't waste anything
The teachers union did, which didn't endorse Clinton.
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:34 PM
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4. The Clintons absolutely fussed over the at-large casino caucuses.
They didn't sue, but through their words most certainly supported the contention of the lawsuit.
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:33 PM
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2. that's the BIG story
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:33 PM
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3. I agree. Bill looks really bad.
It wasn't worth it for even a few delegates, now it looks even worse.
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hollyh1985 Donating Member (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:45 PM
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5. Perhaps
Perhaps the "voter intimidation" Bill personally witnessed was his OWN actions...
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juajen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:52 PM
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6. Bah, humbug. Show some respect for our President, please.
N/T
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 04:53 PM
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7. I guess Bill should have held his tongue
instead of freaking out on reporters like he did the other day.
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MediaBabe Donating Member (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:02 PM
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8. The integrity of the system is worth more than votes
If the Clinton campaign lost a few votes by trying to keep the system of caucuses honest then they were votes well spent. I have more respect for those who work for America and to keep clean our way of choosing our elected officials than I do for those who would stay silent rather than risk losing a vote or two.

And then there is this: Maybe others think as I do. Clinton was victorious in Nevada.
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 05:47 PM
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9. The Clintons supported the arguments of a lawsuit...
... that was intended to suppress the service workers' vote on the Las Vegas strip. Had that suit been victorious, she'd have an even larger margin that the 6 points she won today.

If that's what you call keeping the system of caucuses "honest," then where were the Clintons and their supporters in March of 2007 when the caucus rules were ratified, or for that matter, where were they before Culinary endorsed the other guy?
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