The Clintons agreed to this long ago and they didn't seem to have a problem with it until Obama became a viable candidate with strong support. Once he got the endorsement of the Culinary Workers Union, they cried foul.

After Obama's Iowa win, Clinton's camp dismissed the caucus approach and complained about the results. Now they're doing it again before the Nevada caucus even happens.

When the Democratic party ruled to strip Michigan of its delegates for moving up their election date, most of the candidates removed their names from the ballot in accordance with the ruling…while Hillary left hers on.

Anyone see a pattern emerging?

When Obama lost New Hampshire, he retained his dignity and did not complain or contest the results. He cut his losses and moved forward.

And in the end, that's really what this election comes down to: moving on and looking forward.

Obama/Edwards '08.

LIKE IT OR NOT,
When it comes to Voting, ILLEGAL ALIENS have more right than the Law abiding Citizens of this Country.
In Fact, they are even PROTECTED and are ENCOURAGED to Vote by bringing the Polling Stations to their Work Places.

VERY soon you will find that the Law abiding Citizens of this country are SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.!

If the Courts can allow this for the DNC they should also allow this for the GOP.
If it can be allowed in NEVADA, then allow it for ALL states.
If it can be allowed for a certain trade, let it be available to ALL trades of low and middle income hard working people of this country.

Can We Have A Fair Election ????????

No Vote should be cast without Proof of CITIZENSHIP !!!!!!!!!!

It's outrageous for the Clintons to try to change the rules in the middle of the game.

I would not believe that they had nothing to do with it.
The couple plays soft and hard roles as needed in this game.
The stakes are too high for them to lose.
But we have a choice.
Obama over Hillary!

Weez January 17, 2008 1:04 pm ET

Every time CNN gives Bill Clinton 10 paragraphs to spout his opinions, you should also give Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Edwards an equal amount of space to voice theirs. I would much prefer to hear from honest, moral spouses…not someone who wagged his finger at me as he lied, then lied again under oath. It's beyond me why anyone would care what Bill Clinton says in his increasingly desperate attempt to spend eight more years in the White House.

Alberto January 17, 2008 1:09 pm ET

The world finally saw the real Bill Clinton. The man who has the best relations with the Bushs. The man who calls Obama revolution a fairytale. The man who lures black votes by lying to the minorities. The man who is he biggest liar and manipulator. The man who brought moral disgrace to US Presidency.
To hell with the Clintons!
___
I AGREE WITH ALBERTO. STOP WITH THE SUPPORTING BILLARY AND BUBBA CLINTON, CNN. I BET WOLF BLITZER IS BEHIND THIS BLATANT EFFORT TO GIVE BILLARY THE WHITE HOUSE AND MAKE IT LOOK DIRTY AGAIN.

I WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA, JOHN EDWARDS, OR HUCKABEE. OTHERWISE, I STAY AT HOME. NO BILLARY FOR THIS FORMER DEMOCRAT.

While I am a Democrat, I find this lawsuit embarrassing for a party which has fought vigorously to remove barriers to voting. Haven't we had enough of Republican attempts to deny the rights of people to vote - and have their votes counted (e.g. Florida in '00, Ohio in '04). We are a party of ENfranchisement, not DISenfranchisement. Let the people vote!

WHO IS RUNNING THIS RACE? BILL OR HILLARY? OR BOTH?

People i went to a job interview today,i wanted to be hired as a pilot.
When i was asked if i had previous job experience in flying planes;i said of course,since i´ve been married for 35 years to a pilot.

Now u can see how stupid u sound everytime u talk about Clinton´s experience!!That´s NONSENSE!!

My psychology professor used to say u can tell a lie to urself so ooften that u start to think this lie is a truth.
Another tactic used in communication or marketing is to play / repeat a message or announcement on the air over and over again until people start liking it or believing it.

ASk urself why is it that at the beginning i didn´t like that song but as they played it over and over on radioor tvs…i started to like it!!
PLEASE DON´T GET PUNKED BY BILLARY CLINTON

THAT GIRL HAS NOT MUCH EXPERIENCE AS OBAMA!! as a matter of fact, Obama has more exoerience than Clinton.

Since i don´t want to punk u either,i will let u do ur own research!!!

Before the next cycle of Democratic Caucuses and Primaries the DNC needs to make some changes.

Caucuses need to be outlawed. Is this Democratic? Forcing workers at a jobsite to stand in clusters for the candidate they support while their supervisors, shop stewards and employers look on and support perhaps another candidate? How more intimidating can it get? The thought of losing one's job will trump any support a person has for a different candidate! This is absolutely NOT Democratic, and the Democratic Party should outlaw it. And then they want to count jobsite caucuses 5 times more than regular sites? Talk about a rigged election.

One person, one vote, by secret ballot. Let's get back to Democracy.

THIS IS UNFAIR!!!

So the teachers can vote in their schools but the casinos are not allowed to vote in their casinos….This is double standard!!

Thanks be to GOD!!! a Judge saw that as it is and made a courageous decision.

To all the haters out there! u can hate Obama as long and deep as u want. But America ain´t stupid. It happened ONCE but this time we say NO….

The United States of America ain´t a Kingdom!!! First king BILL then Queen Hillary.Let they go back where they come from…at least there ther´s a Kingdom. U.S.A is a free country.

"LAS VEGAS, 30 (UPI) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has launched an investigation of a Las Vegas federal judge, the Los Angeles Times said.

The Times reported Saturday that U.S. District Judge James Mahan was specifically being scrutinized over allegations he failed to disclose personal ties to parties in cases involving monetary awards.

Mahan, who joined the federal bench in 2002, had been the subject of an investigation by the newspaper last summer.

Although investigations of federal judges by nature are confidential, the Times said two people "independently familiar with the matter said that a law firm hired by the 9th Circuit has scheduled interviews with key figures in the Mahan case."

Mahan, who has denied any wrongdoing, was detailed in the Times' articles as having awarded fees in a dozen state and federal cases to a former client and business associate; he also reportedly awarded additional fees to his former law partner who still had ties to him and his family."

Hmmmm…
Crooked Judge -crooked candidate.

Do you suppose Obama offered him a Supreme Court Nomination in return for this ruling?

This will be a caucus stoled by the unions.

As for this
"The Obama campaign applauded the court's decision."

Yeah, Obama loves dirty politics. What do you suppose he primonsed the Union in order to get their endorsement.

Obama is a disgusting, corrupt human being and if elected to office will be just as hated as G.W Bush is today.

What you're not getting Rose Marie. Hillary agreed for workers in those casinos to caucus there10 months ago but once the union endorse Obama they tried to change the rules. Sometime when you're not doing right God's eyes don't expect him to answers. Dirty Politic can take you so far.

I guess everything in Neveda is merely a roll of the dice. Thank goodness what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. This would be total chaos if it were done everywhere.

Obama is what this country needs. Someone brilliant in the white house. Hes got my vote.

I find it funny that the "wheel tilters" are accusing the state teachers union of wanting to tilt the wheel. Nothing seems to be fair in any of these primaries.
AND……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
To you Republican fans thinking you should vote for these candidates running on the Regonomics coat tail? You need to remember just what Reganomics brought us in the 80's ..

inflation…
8-10% mortgage rates
high unemployment
a bear market for 10 years
a big chunk of our tax dollars going to military…..for what????
The worst debt in the history of the US ..(until Bush Jr)

LOOK IT UP!!!! and tell me I am wrong……

I will never understand why anyone would even think of having another republican in office again…..unless you are rich and think you need to be richer.

so these are the voices that support a "uniter" — wow — not so convincing any more. obama lost my vote on this one — no more holier than though crap — he's the same as the rest and is going to have to take all the crap the rest have gotten.

being african american is not going to make everything he does ok down the road. i was with him in the beginning — especially as a biracial man — but this is embarassing.

Go HILLARY!!!

Latinos! Unite for Hillary!! She is our best hope.

Can other people caucus at their place of work? What about people who work in hospitals? What about other people who work nights? Just wondering? Also it can be very intimidating for people to openly vote in their working place, while their supervisors are watching them, especially if they want to vote the opposite of their bosses. Lets face it the rank and file of the culinary union would probably vote Clinton, but maybe not if their bosses are watching them. They may be afraid of repercussions.. GO HILLARY!!!!

Bill is turning into a real "bad boy" and is probably hurting Hillary more than helping. That's OK because he's showing the real colors of the Clintons. First Hillary is "crying" on the TV and now Bill wants to take a TV reporter out! Both are turning into real cry babies. If it's not their way it's the wrong way. I can see Hillary now sitting at the desk in the Oval Office "crying" because the republicans won't play fair and Bill busting into the Senate warning them to stop giving his wife a hard time.

If you're going to play with the big guys - SUCK IT UP HILLARY!!! You can't take jabs at Obama when your up and whine and cry foul when your down!

OBAMA in '08!

HILL AND BILL ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET ON THE TV AND CRY MAYBE YOU WILL WIN!!! OB 08

take a look at this example of plain dishonesty on the clinton camp. Read the quote.
"While we were not involved in this lawsuit, and have always said that we would play by the rules that we're given, it has always been our hope that every Nevadan should have equal access and opportunity to participate in the caucus," said a statement from Clinton spokesman Jay Carson.

This hope that evey Nevadan should have equal access ONLY BECOMES IMPORTANT DAYS BEFORE THE VOTEYOU HAVE 10 MONTHS TO PUT FORTH YOUR OPIONION OF "FAIRNESS". AND OF COURSE IF THE CULINARY UNION DOES NOT BACK YOUR CANDIDATE.

think about it. if clinton really cared about everyone having a chance to vote, why support the challenge at this point in time. The answer is very clear. They are lying to the American people and insulting our intelligence with their lies.

AMERICA, SHOW THE CLINTONS WE ARE NOT AS DUMB AS THEY THINK.

Calling all women…..we must go out in force on Saturday in Nevada and vote for HIllary….we must….it is such an important day…..SHOW AMERICA WHAT POWER THE WOMEN OF NEVADA HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and watch those good ol boys cry……

The judge appears oblivious to the UNFAIRNESS of the casino caucuses to the candidate not favored by some of the culinary workers who will vote thereat. The judge invoked the Freedom of Association to do whatever it wanted as long as is not unlawful. In this instance, there is no law against unfairness. So, the judge upheld the freedom to be UNFAIR? Obama fell prey to this UNFAIRNESS when he questioned the lawsuit not to allow the unfair casino caucuses. Thumping his breast like Tarzan over the judge's favoring him, and confident the casino caucuses for the culinary workers will benefit him, he thus demonstrated his defiance, if not ignorance, of the tradition of FAIR PLAY in America. He preaches HOPE and CHANGE but, in stark contrast, he cannot follow elementary FAIR PLAY. Such callousness will certainly excite another wave of sympathy for HILLARY not only in Nevada but also in other states closely observing Nevada. It is a tribute to the right-thinking Nevadans that they will see through the unfair play and Barack's supporting UNFAIRNESS, and will vote for HILLARY overwhelmingly. Hillary will win in Nevada! Her victory will be the fitting chastisement of taking liberties with freedom manifested by the unfair play with the casino caucuses.

I noticed CNN is not posting my comments also.
I am for Hillary , or anyone but Obama. Not him, God, please, not him…..it would be disaster for this sore country.

Isn't there also White and Black workers in this union also…….so lets not forget them. Latino only takes up 12% of the votes in Neveda so where the other 88% coming from. Yes Latino votes matter but you honestly think the Clinton really care about them? Look how they tried to block them from voting this coming Saturday.

They are power hungry that all they care about but they also have to go into other RED states where hates their guts just because they are the Clintons and the past that haunts them. ABC ….. "Anything But the Clintons"

Hillary whined about the Iowa caucuses too, after she lost. She came out and discredited caucuses in general and basically slapped the Iowa voters in the face with her comments, although I'm sure she wouldn't have said a word if she'd won. Seems she's very afraid of the elections where people have to vote out in the open. Hmm…

Ginny if Mrs. Obama speeches where covered then the Clinton supporters would be saying she's getting to much coverage. The decision was made in March 2007 but it wasn't a problem until Obama got the backing of the Culinary Workers. I'm sure this will never be clear to people who only see it from one side.

I am assigned a polling place, I can not go to another because it is closer to my work. This is weired, I honestly don't understand it. I thought the teachers union filed this thing? Are the Clintons named on the filing? I just go by the facts, judge ruled, deal is done, end of discussion. We must now wait and see the outcome.

Obama was talking about Ronald Reagan and how he was such a great visionary…..oh yeah……Union busting….closing mental hospitals down in California and putting all the mentally ill out on the streets…..Oh yeah….you culinary union people really picked a doozy…..how could you betray John Edwards…he was always there for you……next Obama will be telling you the we don't need unions….wait…I hear the trickle down economics starting…………………….

god bless America!

FINALLY THERE IS JUSTICE….

HILLARY IS JUST ANOTHER BUSH…WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO SQUASH THOSE WHO STAND UP AGAINST HER, INCLUDING THE UNIONS…

NO CLINTON/BUSH IN '08

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT !!!!

……..I would almost bet that the Hispanic culture is not THAT liberal. From what I have studied multiculturally in university classes and from what I feel I understand about Hispanics (and I have been close to Hispanic co-workers), they tend to be devoutely religious, and lean toward "conservative" on some issues: values, family, and also are a close-knit community. Why would people think that Obama could be a "champion" of hispanics, and not that Hillary could be a "champion" of Hispanics? Either could do this, neither better than the other.

"CHANGE" IS A FUNNY THING…….

Obama is considerably more liberal than Hillary, and older American voter-folks will surely counter-balance these youngster-more liberal-voters, who seem to want the farthest liberal person in office that they can find. The political pendulum may swing WAY liberal and so far left initially because people are SO SICK of bush and want the greatest change they can get their hands on——but older, more conservative-Democrat-American voter-folks will not be so impulsive, and with maturity will think things through and decide that SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE would be foolish—–we need change in smaller increments, to be able to evaluate if it IS the right direction for change.

I don't think anyone who cries on the campaign trail should be the President of the United States. Period.

Obama '08

Ginny, CA,

The judge made the fair and right judgement since this was agreed upon in March 2007 and only tried to be changed since Obama received the endorsement.

"My issue is with voter intimidation. Sounds like because this isn't a private vote, then the casino workers who may not be want to vote for Obama will feel compelled to do so because of potential the backlash from their union. Remember, these are lower paying job and intimidation can factor into the equation."

Well when they break for edwards because Senators clinton and Obama both supported building a wall between us and mexic you act surprised ok.

Obama admires reagan for saying tear down this wall but apparently wants to build another.

Go Obama! what America is saying to Clinton supporters, either you are arrogant or ignorant or both (like the Judge told OJ about his slickery). No one wants this scandalist pair to run our country. What country would take either of them as a threat, they are looked down on by every overseas government. No to a impeached former President and his wife, My God!, have some respect for your country!

The judge made a ruling that is unfair to many Nevada caucus goers. Why are so many people tip-toeing around Obama? Is every criticism of him, his campaign, his lack of substance, experience and so forth, going to be viewed as a racial attack? If he doesn't want race to be an issue, he'd better get a muzzle on his wife who has been shamefully using race as an issue in the southern states. Notice how her stump speeches are never covered, never shown on the news, while every word that Bill Clinton speaks is, not only covered, but intentionally misrepresented by the media.

This is what Demakooks do. They try to steal elections with activist judges. Again, it did not work.

She'll shed tears over this one.

I do not understand, really—–why didn't these "Latino" voters who are in the "Culinary Union" in Las Vegas vote for Latino Bill Richardson when HE was running? He would have represented Union, Latino, Southwestern Democratic voters——yet nobody there wanted him badly enough.

I am a member of a Union here in my state, and I am embarrassed that another Union—–no matter what Union—-would act the way these Union members are about the whole issue.

I am happy the original agreement was upheld. It is the right thing to do. Shame on the Clintons for trying to silence these voices via the teachers union. They are mostly low to middle income people who the Clintons profess they want to help. So Hill & Bill let them speak, let them be heard, let them find their voices. Please do not ever again take your own party to court. We can not defeat the Republicans if you fracture OUR party. In the end you might not be the next president Hillary but it is all about our party isn't it? No sour grapes and no more trickery. Play fair and you might still have a chance. In the end it is all about what the people want and not your ego Hillary.

Cheers to the district judge for this ruling. Jeers to the Clinton camp who shot themselves in the foot with this lawsuit and crying. If any casino workers were ambivalent about who to vote before, they are probably not set against Hillary. The candidate that truly understands minorities is Barack Obama.

How did this happen? It was totally the correct call, but how did the Clintonites let this happen.

If I understand correctly, a person caucusing could go from one to another of these caucusing places, and could perhaps vote 5 times. Each caucus place would think this was the only place he/she was voting, but there is no way to know if someone voted more than once, is there? since you just go stand in the corner of the room that is designated for the person you are voting for.
And I agree, if you want to keep your job–since everyone knows who you are for, because you have to stand in their group–the workers will be afraid to vote any way except the way their bosses expect them to vote–which is for Obama. I agree, this is crooked–I don't think the judge understood the situation, or else was for Obama. We will just have to hope that the ones for other than Obama will have the nerve to vote for who they want to.
I am for Hillary, and I think the 5 casino caucusing places are crooked and unfair. I would think so even if the union was backing Hillary. Unfair is unfair!

If the judge hadn’t ruled for in Obama favor he would be using
that race card again.. So in my opinion the judge was afraid of being call a racist . Obama was counting on this
i will start a web and a my space since this site dont post anything negative aganist obama

Has any one ever heard of Apeal! Apeal! Apeal?

If the judge hadn’t ruled for Obama he would be using that race card again.. So in my opinion the judge was afraid of being call a racist . Obama was counting on this

I just hope that the BILLHILLYS wont try something else, they are getting desperate.
At least one judge see it as it is !!!yes Power to the people…

by the people for the people.

E

hey cnn — why wasn't my comment posted — because it was in support of hillary?

Obama compared himself with Ronald Reagan yesterday and Edwards rightfully called him on it. Do these union members of Nevada remember what use Reagan had for unions? And they are supporting someone who is comparing himself to Reagan? Fools.

BILLARY….GO HOME

yo peeps,

do you also has a feeling that CNN is endorsing Hillary Clinton?

cause in the most of the elections(90%)news,
hilarry is in the picture.

check this

Just think about this. For those of you that think it is fine to have a caucus in a casino, remember a caucus is not a "secret ballot" How many of you would publicly vote for a candidate other then the one your boss is backing. If it was a primary and a secret ballot, then fine,have them in the casinos, but give me a break. Do you really believe that the culinery workers will vote the way they want to (possibley for Edwards or Clinton) with their boss's standing by to see how they vote and possibly fire them if they don't vote for obama since that is who they are backing. If they want to vote in casinos, then tell them to go to a primary in Nevada instead of a caucus.

its a crap shoot why not have it in a casino
after all we don't want to be too far from the Booz
this is politics at its best
Bush won because when you are half drunk he sounds smart and makes sense

Thank you Nevada judges!!!!

How about Slick Willy…he sure is crying foul. Now he's saying voters won't really be able to vote…their vote counts five times…they didn't understand the rules…thought ole Hillary was on top of everything. As far as illegal aliens being able to vote…that's a stretch. I have to have a voters registration card where I live…gotta be some controls in Nevada would'nt ya think? We get the picture Clintons…good cop…bad cop.

Le'ts just let American democracy work for a change. That would not be the one controlled by the Clintons. If anyone has a complaint it would be the other candidates in the primaries/caucses.

Go Nevada…Go Obama!!!!!!!!!!

I agree on the timeline. If they had a problem with it, they should have filed the suit when the rules came out. The fact that the culinary union endorsed Obama and they filed suit shortly after smacks of trying to block the Obama vote. I do agree though that it is important that only voting-eligible Americans be able to participate. All we need is another controversy, as if the Dems haven't had enough. They are trying hard to fracture the party.

The whole idea of a Sat caucus in Nevada was pushed hard by the Clinton goons way back when they thought Hillary was a shoe-in. Now she's losing, and they cry like little babies. What a pair of losers these Clintons are. Honestly. I get sick to my stomach when I think of those two.

what wrong are you holding comments that you dont like that do make obama look good .. it didnt take long to show up on hilary page !!!!

This is a good example of when and where to pick your battles. The Clintons' have picked so many battles during her candidacy until a judge had to decide they picked the wrong battle and no apology is necessary. But I have to commend the Clintons', they are united in their battles while we unite behind Obama.

Unfortunately, I don't think anyone anticipated such a close election. Given the situation, I really think the judge made a bad call. Fair representation is imperative at this point in time. I also think it was a horrible move by the DNC to block delegates from Michigan and Florida. How do you think that will affect us in the national election in November? These states have every right to move up their election dates. I sense that this could get very ugly in the months to come and it saddens me that it may ruin the Democratic Party's opportunity to win the general election in November.

I'm not aware if other potential voters asides from the employees who are members of the Culinary Union have the opportunity to vote earlier through absentee ballots or whatnot, but even if they do, it does seem to me that establishing voting sites in certain locations to ease certain individuals' burden of voting while having to work is unfair to those individuals who are not employeed in the vicinity of those locations.

Whatever the case, Clinton for 2008 resonates with me on a much higher level than Obama for 2008, or Edwards for 2008, for that matter. Electing the first woman to the presidency of the most powerful country on Earth is, in my eyes, a much more ground-breaking and revolutionizing event than electing the first African American to the same position, not to mention that her overall presentation seems orders of magnitude more familiar and wholesome than Obama's, despite her sex.

I've seen a lot of funny posts claiming that it is ironic and counter-intuitive for Obama to be endorsed by "the establishment." I think that's silly. Here's a parable.

There were two football coaches (okay, there were some other unlikely candidates for head coach…) vying for the head coach position of a failing team. One of them wants to really change the program and general outlook of the team. He wants them to have a little hope, not despair over their past failures, but rather learn from them. Many of the old players are excited and behind him, giving their full endorsement.

The other coach kept claiming that he had more experience, when really he (see, I changed the pronoun to make it not so obvious…) had been married to a former head coach and had only a little experience of his own. He criticized the other coach for his inexperience, while the other coach really had more coaching experience. And the family of the second coach kept on claiming that it was silly and ironic for the other coach to keep on accepting the old players endorsements because he was trying to change the team's approach and fortune.

But that seems a little silly. I would think that being endorsed by the former players would be a good thing: they would be more willing to work with the coach to get things done, to change the way they play their game.

And in the end, the coach who was approachable and willing to listen and work hard to change the fortunes of the team won the spot.

Go Barack.

Here's a comment about political coverage in general: Where do these journalists get off writing that the winner of Nevada will "have an edge when the campaign moves to South Carolina?"

This just in: It's two different states. The results from one state do not carry over to the other. Yes, you can argue that Obama became more viable to voters after he won Iowa and thus got a bump. But there's no carryover. Voters in South Carolina don't say, "Well, Nevada voted for Clinton. So will I." Two different states, two different contests.

I'm a sports journalist. If I covered a football game like it was politics, my story (or online blog) would be like this: Nevada scores on its first possesion of the game and that's about it for this contest, with 59 minutes remaining. The Wolfpack have "The Big Mo." South Carolina doesn't stand a chance.

Yawn. I hope people see through this reporting.

I'm so sick of technical manuevering to gain an advantage. Whatever happened to everyone just voting and then we tally up the votes?

In the next election, they should do away with the caucus format and go with a private primary vote.

Its too easy to rigg the caucus vote with peer pressure. I also dont believe any employer should 'tell' you how to vote.

This endorsement process (for either candidate) is simply a process of 'strong arming votes' for the union leaders who make the decisions. In a show of hands, the pressure to vote the way your union told you to is enormous.

If they would have a private vote primary, then employees who want to vote for Obama over the endorsed Clinton can feel free to do so.

Did Obama buy off the judge? The cullinary workers are as scheming as Obama is. No wonder they joined hands!

Dear "Teacher,"

Learn how to spell, then become a teacher.

Cincerely, (hehe)

Wow…

And, no, Jonathan, this does not do anything to make the caucus meaningless. Read about it, see how Bill Clinton is a liar (ain't no way this makes the votes cast by these folks five times as powerful…ain't no way…and the DNC approved it, too! So what does he have against the DNC?), and then you'll understand that it's just a way to let more people vote; and last I checked, more people voting was a good thing. I'll check again later, but I'm doubting that's going to change.

People need to stop making this about Clinton tactics and realize that now these caucus votes will be worth 5 times the amount of others. That is what this was about. Should this have been raised earlier? Yes. Might this be a political ploy? Perhaps. But that doesn't mean a candidate should "win" a state because the Nevada caucus system is flawed.

There are so many uninformed bloggers here.
Fact: The Caucus rules were set back in March to everyone's satisfaction. The assumption was that Hilarious was going to be crowned Queen of the Dems.But, once this folly fell apart, the establishment, i.e., the teachers' unions want to challenge rules they agreed to themselves. They were trying to disenfranchised tons of voters in the process.
GOT ALL THAT?
GOBAMA!

Jonathan Simeone,
You're Hilarious! Your favorite candidates are awash in union endorsements and cash. Why didn't protest their helping Clinton and Edwards in IA?
Is Hillary wept-out win in NH null and void in your mind because she got unions, Emily's list and NOW spending tons of cash to trash Obama's records?
Stop the hypocrisy!
You can't whine and weep your way to the nomination.

Sure, the majority of those workers in Las Vegas are Hispanic. I feel sorry for them if they vote for Obama. He does not even have the experience to organize his own desk so how do you think he is going to remember you workers in Vegas once he gets elected. How can anyone vote for someone who just fell out of bed one day and decided he was going to run for president? If that's all it takes, then vote for me…….

They are not illegals you ignorants people who think so. Only American citizens can vote or participate in any caucus. Hillary and her supports are upset they do not have the race locked as they had hoped. It is sad times for the once powerful Clinton family.

Teacher January 17, 2008 2:41 pm ET

I have nothing against unions but if they push for illegals to vote Im against it .Only sertifiable Americans should be voting .Thank you

For a teacher you sure can't spell better than some of the illegals.
c e r t i f i a b l e. Thank you

"I have nothing against unions but if they push for illegals to vote Im against it .Only sertifiable Americans should be voting .Thank you"

Ummm "teacher"? Certifiable is spelled with a "C" and ILLEGALS CAN NOT VOTE… WHAT DO YOU TEACH!?!!?!?!?!

You people are assuming the because they are Casino Workers, they latino and becuase they are latino they are illegal… Lets not be ignorant

The reason they created a precinct on the strip is to that the workers can vote on there lunch break and not have to take a day off or not vote.

It is clear that the Clinton backers waited to see who the worker union would back before filing a suit. There would have been no suit if they had backed clinton.

The battle continues. The cadidates, IMO, had a good debate in Nevada. However, I expect to hear more in terms of policy issues from all sides. By the way, now that this mess is over with, OBAMA '08.

The Clintons are Professional Hustlers.

Bill's chance at being President again is what he is upset about. Bill remember …term limits?

Who is worse…The Clintons or Lucifer?

This is a victory for democracy. The teachers (Clintons) had a lot of nerve trying to disenfranchise the minority vote….it's really sad and exemplifies their lack of character. Many of the caucuses are held in schools and the teachers (Billary) didn't complain about that. This was all fake….corrupt Billary tactics. DISGUSTING !!!!! But at least it didn't work.

Bill Clinton says he "had nothing to do with this lawsuit?" GIVE ME A BREAK!! That's the biggest fairy tale we've heard yet!!

This is BS

We'll see the quality of democracy when 80% of those 9 precincts goes to Obama with the influence of Casion kings. I don't know who came up with this stupid plan to beging with, and Democratic party is clearly messed up under Howard Dean, along with the problems in Michigan and Florida as well.
If the Clinton camp didn't see this coming then they deserve to be in the losing side thanks to the stupid strategy headed by Mark Penn who's a pollster. They need someone like James Carville.

don't be stupid guys.illegal can not vote.so dont say Obama will be winning thiks to illegals.

Great news! Right Chaunda?

The judge made the right and fair decision. This lawsuit sprung up less than a week ago with the Clinton campaign urging for it. Since Hillary did not get the union endorsement, it became a problem for the Clinton campaign. You didn't hear any other candidates (or supporters) complaining. Since the Clinton campaign is not named on the lawsuit, they are legally protected against any allegations otherwise.

First Pat Leahy's endorsement and now justice has prevailed in the lawsuit must really be pissing Hillary and Bill off.

This article made me fully realize something all-important….

Politicians need to stop defending their EGOS under the mere GUISE of defending what's right, and start defending what's RIGHT all by itself!!

Bill doesn't really want Hillary to be President!

I think Hillary Clinton should just quit; she's taken enough of a whoppin. In an unprecedented event Hillary Clinton has dropped out of the Democratic race & Now endorses Barack Obama for President!!!

P.S. Isn't Bill Clinton starting to look like Whitney Houston's stalker in the movie "TheBodyGuard" that guy had the white hair. Anyway GOBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!! All the way.

Surrealist, Fort Myers, FL January 17, 2008 2:25 pm ET

Great…now we've got 5 more places illegal aliens can help decide our next President.

Illegal alliens CAN NOT VOTE….

Why voting in the workplace is a bad idea.

I would ask the Obama people just two questions. If you went to work and they were holding a Caucus, with all your co-workers and bosses and most of the people were voting for Edwards, including your boss and he sees you voting for Obama, did you ever think about the impact on how people would cast their votes? Do you think some bosses may not give you a raise or promotion because they saw you voting the opposite way as everyone else?

Voting in a workplace is a bad idea regardless of who you are voting for. Time to use some brains, people.

David Snider-

Caucuses are not private. They can be video and audio recorded and often are.

if i were a dem i would want these people to beable to caucus too. Not many citizens I know like any of the dems, or repubs for that matter, but the dems rely on the disinfranchised to get by. In short they need victimes.

THESE ARE THE MOST POWERFUL WORDS I HAVE EVER SEEN " NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER" IM NOT THAT RELIGIOUS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON IN AMERICA AND IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MR. BARACK OBAMA ABILTY TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WANT CHANGE! IT HAS INSPIRE ME TO BE CALLED TO ACTION! I HAVE NEVER VOTED IN MY LIFE BUT I PLAN TO NOW! UNITE US ALL YES WE CAN!

The Clinton's have more than just one way to play the system.

By the way … could anybody imagine Hillary Clinton without sitting on Bill Clinton's shoulders ? Did she not drop her Hillary 'Rodham' Clinton when Obama's movement grew stronger ? The American People can do better than just coming up with two royal families. It can't be that you have to be either a son, brother or wife of a former president to nominated for the highest office in the country. Otherwise who would be next ? Jepp, Laura … the twins ?

Frank

Its humorously ironic that it is the TEACHER'S UNION that filed this suit.

I can't remember the last time I voted when the polling places weren't IN A SCHOOL!

This is for "Teacher" @ 2:41 pm:

"sertifiable"???? Heaven help us if you're a language arts "teacher"!!

Sounds to me like the union wanted to be able to keep an eye on its members as they voted. We wouldn't want someone to be able to vote for their choice when then union has already made up everyone's mind for them. I would call in sick and vote elsewhere even if I wanted to vote for Obama. The caucuse concept is a stupid idea in the first place. One should be able to walk in to a booth, make a choice, and get back to work without any of this heavy hand influences from anyone else. If this were about private polling boothes, then I think it would be a wonderful idea.

This isn’t something to celebrate. Yes, casino workers will get to caucus on or near their place of work. That’s great, but what about all those other workers who aren’t afforded the same luxury? Why isn’t the Obama campaign of “hope” and “change” standing up for those workers? Of course, that is not to say the Clinton campaign was motivated by anything other than self-preservation.

Final note…caucuses do not work. In theory they’re a good idea. In practice, that’s another story. The vote is sacred and should be private. It’s nobody else’s business who votes for whom.

Teacher, how would you determine if people voting were illegal?

This "lawsuit" game that Hillary's camp/supporters are playing is very similar to what George W. Bush was playing with the Florida electorate and the Supreme Court in the 2000 Presidential election. I smell Karl Rove incarnate. I'm ashamed to have supported the Clintons over the past 15 years, and will now vote and campaign for Obama.

This case was insane. I am disgusted by what Hillary campaign can do to win. This is exactly whey I want Barack or John to Win the nomination. I like Barack because of his philosophy of inclusion.

If he looses, I will surely look at GOP… McCain, Rudy, Mitt or even Huckabee will be better than Hillary… It was amazing to see Hillary getting just 55% of vote when fighting against noone. That just shows how many people will not vote for her in general election.

OBAMA IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. LOOK AT THE DIRTY TRICKS THE CLINTONS ALMOST PULLED OFF. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A POLITICIAN SAYING AND DOING WHATEVER TO GET ELECTED. BILL HAD A GOOD PRESIDENCY, BUT IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGING OF THE OLD GUARD.

now you have the illegals allowing to vote for obama how nice is this .
i believe that if you are not us citizien i believe that vote should not count even
if they are union . go sen.hillary clinton it is a need situation to get this united states of america to be america again .

America's worst nightmate, HRC as "Commander in Chief." God save America.

Las Vegas Review Journal polled its subscribers and that "poll" shows Hillary up by 9% in Nevada. The problem is voting will be somewhere between 9,000 and 100,000 and the bigger could mean more Obama supporters and culinary members voting.

Claims the Teachers Union is not in Hillary's pocket. Read this: The lawsuit was filed Friday, seemingly timed to coincide with Obama?s visit to the Culinary?s union hall, where he accepted the endorsement. On its face, the lawsuit helps the Clinton campaign by suggesting the caucus process is inherently unfair and distracting voters from Obama?s endorsement and his intense focus on Nevada. The plaintiffs have ties, albeit indirect, to the Clinton campaign. Dan Hart, chief political consultant to the state teachers union, has run Reid?s campaigns in the past and is currently an unpaid adviser to him. Some of the activists were active backers of state Sen. Dina Titus? failed 2006 bid for governor. Titus, a Democratic national committeewoman, has endorsed Clinton. She did not return a call seeking comment This is the slippery way the Clintons operate. Sleazy! You want more business as usual in D.C. Vote Hillary. You want change vote for anyone else. Lies, deceit, smoke and mirrors. That is the Clintons. If you don't know that for a fact, let me just call you a doctor, you are in a coma.

Here's the plan. Get the tears going in front of the judge and see if that judge buys it. C'mon. You know that it would work again.

I think this calls into question Clinton's judgement more than anything. Didn't she lose Iowa in part because she was perceived as trying to disenfranchise the college vote? the youth felt pissed off and came to the caucuses in droves as a result. Why would she and her people give off that kind of impression again? It's a very Republican-esque strategy i'd say.
mmmmh, never seen Obama playing cards. I would like a president that doesn't have ills on others. Vote Obama and get respect and integrity you need as a human being.

Latinos do not need Obama. He does not represent the latinos. So please refrain from writing such lies.

Culinary workers are intimidating their Union members to caucus for Obama.They are being told "IF you are not with OBAMA you can't caucaus."
That's SHAMEFUL, DISGUSTING.
Do you expect Union workers who are at their work sites with their bosses looking over their shoulders will go against the UNION.OBAMA 's rhetoric of HOPE and CHANGE is all hollow and fake like him.

The Clinton response to a system that disenfranchises some people? Disenfranchise more of them!

I'm having a hard time understanding how a rational dem could support her at this point. If she gets the primary nod she'll do it by splitting the party into pieces and alienating people outside of the base.

Felix January 17, 2008 2:39 pm ET

"There are good judges that need some hope too. Obama all the way. It will stop at 600 Penslyvenia ave washington DC.

All the way Obama!"

Yeah, all the way to down the street from the Whitehouse.

Nice attempt by the Obama campaign to burn Hillary at the stake. Clinton's gonna clean up in Nevada, anyhow, but it's time the media stop pretending like she, personally, was behind this effort.

The more I hear about the Clinton campaign the more I feel she is running a negative, dirty, win at any cost operation. To tell a voter you can vote because you hurt my chances of winning is criminal! We all need to speak out about this. What happens if she moves on an tells the rest America your vote doesn't not count because it's not for her. Her use of racism, sexism and now disfranchisement will only bring more division to this country. She can ask the the teachers union to stand down their law suit if she has good intentions. If they don't she should not except their endorsement and challenge their votes for her as voter fraud. Please please main stream media….Turn up the heat on this!

In the bigger scheme of things, at the end of the day this country still has an electoral college in which unless the state you live in is in a dead heat, your vote may not really be worth anything if you are on the losing side. Is this democracy? Glad I live in Florida where my vote is actually worth something on November 4, 2008.

who is lying? HRC is well quoted over the last ten days as being opposed to caucus' as being inherently disenfrachising. It looks as though the lawsuit only aggravates that quality of a caucus, and is brought by another union whose leaders are endorsing HRC.
Obama just got my vote!

This was a good day for democracy. If the union had come out in favor of Bill Clintons wife he wouldn't have said a mumbling word. Now I see how republicans have made a mockery of our voting process. Good decision Judge. At least there's we know isn't on the Clinton payroll. He's on the people of Nevada's payroll and don't forget it!.

Obama gets the illegal vote… special. The culinary union is also, apparently, republican. Obama talks of JFK and MLK and now he claims he's……. Ronald Reagan. He must by trying to pick off some of the Rudy Giuliani vote. We know he'll never copy Rudy and mention 9/11 (that would be playing the fear card). He's a little weak on defense when he won't even discuss basic issues of security without saying it's playing the fear card.

The Clintons were beaten in their own dirty game. I hope they learn their lessons. We are tired of the Clintons and Bushes.

Go OBAMA 08

Teacher, maybe that should be only "sertifiable" Americans who can spell in English.

YAHOO! In your face Bill Clinton!!

How many more examples do we need that the Clintons feel themselves entitled to the presidency and will do anything to get it? Only someone with the inflated ego of Bill Clinton would get angry when called on the hyprocritical position of his wife's campaign! He is an embarrassment (again) to the presidency and would be a train wreck waiting to happen if back in the White House, even as First Laddie.

Obama in '08!

The beauty of this lawsuit was the fact that many Nevada Democrat State Party leaders were suing themselves in order to reverse the decision that they made last year. It's clearly speculation, but could it be that the Hillary hopefuls thought the Culinary Union would endorse her camp? When this plan backfired on them, they tried to change the rules.

Hillary could have urged her supporters to drop the suit, but instead allowed it to proceed. Guilt by association as I see it. Bill's little tissy today didn't help matters either.

I would like to say that this was all Hillary, but some of the plaintiffs were also in Edward's camp, most likely because they felt he would get the endorsement since he is a big Union advocate.

There will be more from the Hillary camp, but I truly hope that her sheep will open their eyes and see her what she really is for. One Nation for Hillary, by Hillary, and completely divisible. You are either for her or against her.

I'm comforted to know that the federal courts stayed out of this mess. Caucuses are held at the state level, and the federal court has no jurisdiction in this matter. The Democratic Party in Nevada established the caucus locations very early on, and many leaders within that party were not able to overturn their own ruling. Voter's rights have been preserved (for now). I can't wait to see what happens in Florida.

My, my. Another transparent ploy of the Clinton Machine has fallen into the dust. The objection to the Nevada Caucus procedure may have been perfectly valid. But the time to bring it up was months ago, when it was first decided. It is the outside of ridiculous to think that the NV NEA, another cog in the Clinton wheel, didn't bring this action in direct response to Sen. Obama's endorsement by the Service Unions.

Now because of the pettiness and spite of one political campaign, an entire caucusing proceedure is rendered moot. Who will trust the results of the NV Caucus?

Sen. Kerrey, Sheehan, Bob Johnson, her own husband and now the NV NEA. There is a consistent pattern here - Sen. Clinton has no problem letting other people do the dirty work for her. Does anyone else hear the refrain, "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest" echoing somewhere in the background?

Thank goodness for the judicial process or the Clintons would have run ramshod over the Nevada caucus process. They tried to disenfranchize voters and failed. I hope as a result, casino workers caucus in droves for change they can believe in with Obama.

Democracy (1) vs. Oppressing Establishment (0)

The judge exercised superior judgment by rejecting this oppressive lawsuit. It is a great victory for Democracy in the face of those who would wish to disenfranchise and oppress those of us whose voice and vote deserve to be heard. When the establishment says, that we cannot – we must always respond, “YES, WE CAN!”

"Si, se puede!"

Obama couldn't win under the old rules, so, like a Rove Republican, he had the election rules changed to favor himself. Now, who's the slick one?

Hurray for democracy!

obama all the way/. we need a revolution

First of all, the word is 'certifiable', and all voters who register must present documentation in order to do so. In other words, unions cannot push for illegals to vote, and it is rather uneducated to suggest that.
Secondly, I am so very glad that the Nevada Court System upheld the at-large locations. It was decided upon long ago (when Clinton was showing the lead), and was not based upon 'popular candidate at the time'…or was it?

Chaunda, that would technically be illegal.

Technically, because im guessing you would want sound as well to hear these people talk which would be an infringement on privacy and being confortable to vote like they want.

next arguement…..

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says a proposal to raise the federal gasoline tax is the last thing the American people need in a slumping economy. The recommendation comes from a panel made of corporate executives and government bureaucrats commissioned by Congress in the 2005 transportation bill. Congressman Paul was one of nine votes in the House against the bill.

“This is a great example of how out of touch big government and big business are with the American people,” Paul said. “With gas at three dollars a gallon and a slowing economy, the last thing we need is a tax increase to be paid by Americans who can least afford it.”

Paul called on the other presidential candidates to join him in opposing this and any other tax increase proposals that come down in the future.

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Ron Paul is the only candidate running who can clean up the mess this country has gotten into because of the neo-cons and neo-libs taking over the government and turning it away from the basic principles established by the Founding Fathers!

I do not understand why any illegal can vote and case in fact, most illegals are culinary workers.

Obama gets his way again.

Hillary 08

It the judge hadn’t ruled for Obama he would be using that race card again.. So in my opinion the judge was afraid of being call a racist. Obama was counting on this.

I think this is very unfair to the Clinton Campaign. While others have to leave work to vote or absent themselves altogether, Obama will have members of his endorsed Union available in numbers. Patently unfair!

This is getting ridiculous! Obviously America is not ready for an inexperienced Mulato who goes to a Black Liberation church, a more experienced woman with a former president for a husband or a trial lawyer who shouts populist rhetoric but lives way above all the people he claims to be concerned about. America probably isn't ready for a Morman or a Southern Baptist either. That leaves Rudi,
McCain, Thompson or an Independent. Way to go America. You are narrowing the field!

Doesn't anyone think that by bringing this much attention to the at-large precincts, that news outlets and other people will be watching to make sure that the Unions are not badgering people into voting for Obama? Not to mention it is free press to make sure that casino workers realize that they don't have to vote for Obama just because of the Culinary endorsement? I hope Edwards does well.

Yet another win for democracy. This is the Clinton's SPIN. If it was decided almost 12 months ago why did things suddenly change after Obama got his endorsement.

Talk about bias coverage, CNN seems to have the Clintons on their front page when they catch a cold but nothing on Obama. This is baised coverage from the news media.

go Obama go.

The decision is correct, right and just.The best and what God exists for has been done. The judges has shown that they are the voice of the voiceless.Those who believe that personality can replace righteousness has been disappointed.

Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can.

God bless America.

What is wrong with the Clintons?

Nice try Hillary.
I'm not a huge believer in conspiracies but come on, give-me-a-break. By the technical meaning of a conspiracy I am sure the Clinton's did not directly tell the teachers union to do this, but it is amazing what a wink and a nod can accomplish if directed to the right person.

The caucus rules get set 10 months back and the Clintons say nothing. Because obviously, they expect an endorsement from the unions. In which case, all is well. But, things don't work out as planned and the Culinary Workers' Union endorses Obama.

Lo and Behold! The Clintons realize the unfairness of it all! A two term ex-President of the United States and one of the most powerful men in the country, and a Senator from New York and ex-first lady start claiming that they are "disadvantaged" against a 46 year old newbie from Illinois!

Can someone say "pathetic"?? Maybe Bill should cry this time.

Obama must have done something right to scare the heck out of these two!

Nice job Hillary. Pit one union against another, teachers vs. culinary workers. Destroy the party as long you win the primary. Problme is that she will need that same union in the general election. Dumb move.

I do not like how Bill started the whole one person one vote or one person gets 5 votes. That seems like really spinning things.

It seems more like redrawing of precincts to me, which does happen and does result in lawsuits.

However in this case the lawsuit should have been started months ago.

This is embarassing for the teachers union to try to stop people from voting. if they wanted to open caucus sites then they had ample time to do it. This proves to be huge for obama, in Nevada, as he can again connect with the Culinary workers.

Yeah, rolling the dice the Nevada's casinos will decide the President of the United States. This is so typical American! Just make sure you stay within your borders.

CNN would have made this front page had it been in favor of hillary. Has anyeone noticed that Bill Clinton has made more campaign appearances ostensibly for his wife than he did even for his 'own' campaign in 92. The real big story should be how Obama is holding his own against Bill and Hillary. Had Bill passed away after his heart attack, Hillary would not even be in the running at this point. I want a nominee and a president who can stand on their own.

A person could stand in front of Hillary, look her straight in the eye and state "Ms. Clinton I think we should not allow any person that does not support you to vote", and Hillary would look that person back straight in the eye and say "absolutely". Chilling.

I wonder how much this cost the teachers of Nevada? They're not still complaining about pay are they??

ok TEACHER. Now you are claiming illegals will Caucus Saturday. I suppose we should blame them for the housing crisis and the war in Iraq too

ok TEACHER. Now you are claiming illegals will Caucus Saturday. I suppose we should bame them for the housing crisis and the war in Iraq too

Is this Hillary Clinton's record of "results"? I mean, you'd think this teachers union would have noticed the problem more than 1 week before the caucus.

Sertifiable?? what kind of teacher are you?Good for America, that the judge ruled out one of the dirtiest of the Clintons' campagne tricks to get Obama's potential voters out of the polls..and Bill Clinton? no comment, it just makes me sick!

Omaba / Edwards '08 The dem's WINNING TICKET right there

Hillary is the Manchurian candidate in '08

Bill and wife must be catching a cold right now. please get some cold medicine to them. who is next to step in the ring. no illegals voting please cause i am going be really mad at his campaign

Obama 08

…hey, barack, I have a great idea………..GOLF C

Hey, Barack, I have a great idea!…….Golf Carts!

Who needs the Union to give you a…..shall we say, captive audience?
Tell me, is the judge still in office? Has a suit been filed yet to open up every other business and institution in NevaNevaLand so the voters don't have to "exercise" their right to vote? If this doesn't work, have your campaign managers put out some "non-lobbyist" money and buy every potential voter a golf cart to travel to and from the legitimate polling places. Great idea, no? This is the kind of Change we can expect?

More sour grapes from Hillary, and this time trying to suppress the vote. How typical. Basically, her argument is against making voting easier for people. It would be like me complaining that I have to drive 2 miles to my voting place, when someone else has to only walk a block. I would then argue that this person who lives closer to the voting place is somehow getting superior treatment. How pathetic.

"That judge (while pointing fat finger) is part of the "vast right-wing conpiracy" that wants everyone to vote and all votes should count".

If you listen real closely, you can hear Nelson from the Simpsons "Ha, Ha".

Go get'm Obama.

It is simple as ABC.