Word: precincts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...night I'd take a taxi to beachside Manly, take in the surf, sand and tall pine trees, and have a gelato at Gelatissimo, on Manly Wharf, tel: (61-2) 9976 6199. From there, I'd hop on a ferry back to Circular Quay and the city hotel precinct...
...drawing out the process was a strategic move by the Clintonites, a tactic seen elsewhere around the state that day, as delays caused some delegates to give up and go home. A few delegates were seen leaving the expo center in mid-afternoon, but the 16 Obama backers in Precinct 110 said they would not leave until the results were turned in and recorded...
...heart of all this strategy was simple math: with a 16-to-9 split there was no way the Obama supporters could sweep all four state convention slots (two delegates and two alternates). Each side nominated several candidates for the state convention slots, then each precinct delegate had one vote. The two top winners would serve as the delegates, with the third- and fourth-place winners named as alternates if either of the delegates could not attend the June state convention. The Clintonites' goal was to nail down one of the two main delegates...
...however. The Clinton team held fast, and even though the Obamaphiles had almost two-thirds of the delegation, each side got one delegate, with Obama winning the two alternates. "The math is the math," said Tanya Quinn, 48, a self-employed graphic artist, the winning Clinton delegate and precinct team leader. "I was given my task and we did it. Hillary is all about solutions, and we had the solution...
...crying in my beer," said Carter, "They engaged in a lot of tactics and strategies, but that's what it's all about... The split seems a little bit odd, especially in our precinct, where in the room primary night it was clear Obama had the majority two to one." It is a fight that will be repeated at the three-day June convention in Austin, when the next battle in the Democratic war to win Texas is joined...