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This was the first time the Nevada caucuses were held early enough to matter, so the unions convinced the Democratic party to let workers vote in the hotels, since Saturday at noon is the equivalent of first thing in the morning at your office. Bellagio workers were given a box lunch with a ham and salami sandwich, a bag of Kettle Chips, potato salad and carrot cake. When I headed into the hallway, I ran into Hillary Clinton, who was staying in the hotel, and asked her if she thought this was the nicest caucus ever. She laughed a laugh...
...next door to the caucus, Genlab was holding a conference. Last weekend, the Consumer Electronics Show and the Adult Video News Convention were in town. And with some more practice Vegas caucuses will only get more fun and more efficient. When I'm back in 2012, I'm assuming Nevada will have caucus sites at strip clubs...
...slightly absurd experiment known as the 2008 Nevada caucuses, Hillary Rodham Clinton had a lot of the tactical disadvantages. Her main opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama, could boast the coveted endorsement of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers union. Caucus organizers set up special precincts on the Las Vegas Strip designed to make it easier for those union members who worked Saturday to cast their votes. And John Edwards, though trailing in the race for the nomination, threatened to siphon support away from Clinton because of his populist appeal to working class Democrats. Those disadvantages were substantial...
...even legal. The candidate that enters the contest with the biggest logistical advantage is Obama, who received the coveted Culinary Workers Union endorsement last week. The powerful group of 60,000-plus members could well swing the caucuses one way or another. They are so powerful that when Nevada was setting up the system a year ago they convinced the state to allow the nine special at-large caucuses on the Strip for workers who don't have time to return home for two hours in the middle of the day. Held in hotels just down the hall from over...
...Clinton, who has a slight lead in the two most recent polls, has long been the frontrunner in Nevada. Last month she led Obama by 27 percentage points in an American Research Group survey, though she began losing ground after she placed third in Iowa, and now only leads Obama by 3 percentage points in the same poll. The former first lady and her husband, Bill Clinton, have spent much of the week campaigning in Nevada and have the backing of most Nevada Hispanic leaders, including the largest Spanish language paper, as well as much of the state's Democratic...