Obama could pick up another Delegate in Nevada

[CalebHayes]

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama has won 59 percent of the Washoe County convention delegates, despite having won just 51 percent of the Washoe County votes in the caucuses. U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton failed to turn out enough volunteers to fill all of the county delegate spots she won in the caucuses. The final Washoe County results are:

Obama: 972 delegates, 59 percent. That's compared to 855 he had won in the caucuses.
Clinton: 683 delegates, 41 percent. That's compared to 697 she had won in the caucuses.

http://www.rgj.com/blogs/inside-nevada-politics/2008/02/obama-picks-up-more-county-delegates.html

[DUyellow]

1. WOW

[liberalnurse]

7. What goes around will definitely come around

and bite Obama in the "add" when the math is all done.

[MadBadger]

8. This doesnt appear to be Obama stealing delegates from Hillary though

This looks like Hillary's people just didnt show.

[DUyellow]

15. expain... All i see here is HRC's campaign messing another thing up

10% in pa too.

Her people didn't show up.

[MadBadger]

2. Well thats a little fucked up.

[Colobo]

3. Nice!

[Johnny__Motown]

4. Uh Oh, delegates switching after the vote isn't good. not good at all,.

I don't have an issue with the Edwards delegates moving because he "suspended" his campaign. The Clinton delegates dropping from 697 to 683 isn't great though.



I clearly understand that this is a Representitive Democracy and I would not suggest changing that. I simply feel that the Representitives elected should reflect the will of the electorate.

[4themind]

11. Seems a little weird to me to,o although I don't understand the rules...

from reading that article though it seems like, he got those delegates, because the people for her side that were eelected, didn't even show up. It almost seems like the equivalent of us voting for a politician, and he just never showed up in office to accept the job,even though the people voted him/her in which is why the obama delegates that were there made up a larger percentage of the vote. Seems like it could have been prevented by better organization/attentiveness by the Clinton campaign. But that's just my interpretation after reading the article and I don't have a firm grasp of nevada electoral politics =P, so a more knowledgable member may correct me

[DUyellow]

16. nobody shifted, HRC people didn't show up... it was based on %

[JimGinPA]

5. She's Done The Same Thing In PA....

Rendell even extended the deadline for her & she still didn't nominate enough delegates. I'd say she's not ready, even before day one.

[NMMatt]

6. Which is why I find it hilarious

That the Clintonites were floating that trial balloon about stealing delegates at state conventions. The fact that they have no ground game and are too incompetant to even field a full slate of delegates in PA despite the extended deadline makes that suggestion laughable. This is just more evidence of their incompetance.

[redstate_democrat]

10. Hey

I'm an Obama supporter but I don't understand how that is fair. This could be done by Hillary's campaign, too. I get the gist of county delegations and how you have to elect there then go to district and then state. But this seems kind of wacky, still.

[sandnsea]

12. Obama campaign didn't do anything

Hillary's delegates just didn't show up. There is going to be a convention in August. If delegates don't show up, it's not any particular candidate's fault.

[redstate_democrat]

13. Ok.

Still seems kind of strange. But I guess I won't complain. :o

[NMMatt]

14. You are right

It is complicated and not the most democratic process. However, as the previous poster noted, trying to flip delegates is very cynical, underhanded and even more anti-democratic than the process itself. Having delegates not show up is either incompentant on the part of the campaign, or often due to waning support. It's actual very common for delegates pledged to a campaign that has already withdrawn to lose interest and not show up.

So that is really the question: is Hillary's ground game that bad or are her supporters just losing interest or recognizing reality before the campaign does?

[Breeze54]

9. What would his wife say about that?

:P

[Egnever]

17. Obama's campaign as always trhoughout this thing is on it!

I got 3 calls and an Email asking me to show at the convention today. Despite the fact that I wasnt elected as a delegate in the original caucus. His campaign is amazingly efficient.

I wasnt able to go today as I had other commitments allready. After hearing how it went though I really wish I could have cleared my schedule. It had to be sweet I heard it was chaos! The Dem party leadership here in Vegas is stacked in Hillaries favor they must have been shitting purple today at the convention.