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gothamist.com - 1/16/2008
Democrats Debate in Nevada, Romney Wins Michigan
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Yesterday the three top Democratic contenders for the presidential nominations debated in Nevada. The debate wasn't as testy as previous ones, in part because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were trying to maintain an aura of good will and love for the Democratic party - and not bicker over race or gender . Which meant that Clinton, Obama and John Edwards were pretty boring in their ...
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Barack Obama Wins Delegate Battle in Nevada, Loses Vote
swarheit.blogspot.com 1/19/2008 — With Hillary Clinton's win in Nevada this afternoon, which as we now find out, may not be a win at all, today might be a perfect example of the power of the Hillary Clinton campaign to defeat Barack Obama in the "spin game" and the power of the media to control who actually wins and who actually loses based on how they report expectations going in, and even how votes are counted and delegates ...
The battle for Nevada
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No Need for Further Participation [The Legacy Of Rove] — Wonkette » top
The Nevada State Education Association (i.e., the teachers’ union) filed suit on Friday against the Nevada Democratic Party to keep the party from holding caucuses at hotels and casinos. Why? Well, the national union, the American Federation of Teachers, is supporting Hillary Clinton in the primary, and the union to which most of the casino workers belong endorsed Obama last Wedcnesday ...
Hillary Clinton Wins the Nevada Caucus, But Loses the War (Delegates) … She Also May be Fracturing the Black Vote and Her Party — Scared Monkeys
Hillary Clinton wins the Nevada Caucus … maybe. “I guess this is how the West was won,” Clinton told cheering supporters in Las Vegas. The victory was her second straight, coming after an upset win in the New Hampshire primary. Not so fast my friend … When is a political victory not a political victory? When you win a Democratic Caucus like Hillary Clinton ...
OBAMA FINALLY GIVES UP (NEVADA): Barry Hussein ... [Culinary Concessions] — Wonkette » top
OBAMA FINALLY GIVES UP (NEVADA): Barry Hussein did pretty well in Reno, which is a mostly black/Muslim area, but Hillary smashed his Hope down here in Las Vegas, despite the busboys’ union endorsement. Obama’s official statement is a dignified and hopeful message. Ha ha, just kidding: It just whines about all the hundreds of caucus irregularities. Also, Obama won more actual ...
Hillary Forever: Liveblogging the Casino Caucus! [America Is Doomed] — Wonkette » top
Here’s an idea as innovative as the Nevada Caucus “First In The West” itself: Invite the press, lock them in a terrible underground ballroom in a casino somewhere, and make sure there’s no sort of Internet or wireless or anything. Hooray! Anyway, that’s where your editor has been, and here’s the chilling semi-live-blogged account of this weird, weird ...
THE CLINTONS WIN NEVADA: Congratulations ... [Nevada Caucuses] — Wonkette » top
THE CLINTONS WIN NEVADA : Congratulations to Bill and Hillary Clinton for defeating spunky upstart Barry Obama in the Demrat Nevadian caucuses. Now maybe Bill can calm down. [ CNN ]
And The Dealer Keeps On Joking As He Takes My Last Token [Daily Briefing] — Wonkette » top
It’s super cold in South Carolina this morning, which suggests people won’t vote for McCain because he has a mulatto baby. [ The State ] Nevada is so very different than those other states that already had a caucus or primary. There are legal whorehouses everywhere, for one thing, and people are also really dumb and poor and fat. [ Las Vegas Sun ] Hey, Michelle Hussein Obama ...
Jennifer Donahue: Where Will the Chips Fall in Nevada? — Huffington Post Entertainment Blog
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ALL eyes on Las Vegas. Barack Obama is warning on the dangers of gambling. He says it carries a “moral and social cost” that could “devastate” poor communities. On Saturday, Nevada, which holds its presidential nominating caucuses. And odd ting to say of an insuitry that gies so mnay local voters an income. Obama’s agonist Sen. Hillary Rodham [...]
A federal judge declined to issue an injunction ... [No Voting Within Thirty Minutes Of Meal Time] — Wonkette » top
A federal judge declined to issue an injunction against the Nevada Democratic Party’s plan to allow casino workers to caucus near their places of employment rather than their homes. Judge James Mahan said the party could set up its caucuses however it saw fit and would only have been interested if the proposals had discriminated against a protected class (sex, ethnicity, religion or ...
Barry Wants To Be Ronald Reagan... But Who Doesn't? [Barack Obama] — Wonkette » top
Oh Christ, he’s comparing himself to Ronald Reagan . In this interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal , Barry notes how “We want clarity, we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing,” in this election. And if there’s one thing for which Democrats remember Ronald Reagan, it’s his… optimism. Can a ...
Barry's New Ad Is Sorta Cool Looking [Campaign Ads] — Wonkette » top
Barack Obama’s cleverly named new Nevada ad, “Would,” has some gripping classical music in the background, high resolution stills, epic lighting, candid think-shots. Its elegance is sure to appeal to… the elite liberals already voting for him. Someone please get this guy to a muffler factory or a barbecue or a tirefire or something!
Liveblogging Vegas: The Sleepiest Debate [Live From Las Vegas] — Wonkette » top
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hear a dull debate REALLY LOUD ? Well, that’s what we’re experiencing here tonight in the beautiful warehouse attached to some auditorium where, maybe, the Democratic debate is happening right now. Other than Mumbly Joe yelling something about the fun new video game “Race Base,” nothing of interest has happened. Oh, ...
Christine Pelosi: Debate Night in Vegas: HALT and Inspire Us — Huffington Post Entertainment Blog
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Everybody ready? It’s a three-person match tonight, thanks to The Fascists, and at some point the candidates are supposed to ask each other weird questions. Expect a lot of racial tension! And live-blogging, of course. And tonight, we’re keeping track in Nevada Time . 6:00 PM — Mitt Romney is the New Mormon President of Michigan, hooray! 6:01 PM — OH DEAR GOD TURN IT ...
Obama Supporters Are Outrageously Sincere [Faces Of Hope] — Wonkette » top
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D.C. Shuffle - Obama Campaigner Pleas for Anti-Hillary Vote, Apologizes — RadarOnline.com
BE A HERO FOR JUST ONE DAY Obama A semidisparaging campaign flier handed out by a renegade Obama campaigner in Nevada seems to have contradicted that hot, much-ballyhooed Hillary–Obama truce. Bob Buchanan, a Nevada precinct captain for Obama, made
Jane Hamsher: Clinton, Obama and Our Narcissistic Press — Huffington Post Entertainment Blog
We're at the mercy of a narcissistic and irresponsible press. Matt Bai's blog post in the New York Times being "Exhibit A": No one expects Mrs. Clinton to stand down and let Mr. Obama make his case unchallenged. She could, however, send a clear message to the cogs in the machinery she's built that there is a line she will not cross. She could tell her Nevada allies that the job of the ...
Higher Ground — baldilocks
And some say we're inferior...RENO, Nevada (CNN) — Barack Obama is calling for a truce of sorts with rival Hillary Clinton following days of a heated back-and-forth between both the Democrats' presidential campaigns over Clinton's record on civil rights. “I...
Clinton, Romney take Nevada — Variety.com
Business News: Many candidates ignore caucus, eye S. Carolina -- Hillary Clinton won the Nevada Democratic caucuses on Saturday over Barack Obama, after a bitter and sometimes bizarre race waged in part at the casinos and hotels along the Las Vegas Strip.
Clinton, Obama, McCain, Romney, Other Candidates Count On South Carolina, Nevada — MTV News Latest Headlines
All eyes are on South Carolina and Nevada to determine who's on top, and who should drop out, of the presidential race.
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All eyes are on South Carolina and Nevada to determine who's on top, and who should drop out, of the presidential race.