Obama Campaign Highlights Clinton Camp’s Behavior at the Nevada Caucuses
On a conference call with reporters, Obama campaign attorney Bob Bauer discussed concerns over how the Nevada caucuses were conducted Saturday.
According to state law, “In order to participate in the Nevada State Democratic Party Caucuses, attendees MUST be in line, or signed in, by noon. At noon, Presidential Preference Cards should be given to any person in line, and after that point, no Presidential Preference Cards should be given to any new arrivals, as they will not be allowed to caucus.”
The Obama campaign claims to have received a “significant amount of reporting from precinct locations that doors were closing well before noon, many times as early as 11:30.” The campaign also described reports that a manual had been distributed to Clinton precinct captains that said that registration deadline for caucus ended at 11:30. They had an “unusual high number reports that the Clinton campaign was insisting” that this be enforced.
After setting up a hotline for voters to report irregularities, the campaign says it has received “hundreds of calls” from “all over the state.” Although many of these complaints came from Obama voters, the campaign said they want to make sure that no voter, no matter who he or she supports, is disenfranchised.
Other than the number of calls, the campaign doesn’t know how pervasive these early closings were and stressed they “are not calling the results into question at all.” They will notify the Nevada Democratic Party and request that they look into the matter along with the DNC to “collect all the relevant facts.” The Obama campaign stated that they wanted to make sure “this sort behavior was highlighted.”
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Once again, Obama shows that he isn’t the candidate for change. No, he’s just another politician just like every other politician. His loss in Nevada was clear, large, and absolute. He, however, cannot accept that fact — so he sends out memos to confuse people on numbers of delegates, ignoring the actual selection process of the state. When he is corrected, his people pretend that the state itself was wrong.
Then he moves on to allowing his surrogates and staff members to lodge complaints of fraud against Clinton — complaints only reported by HIS voters. He loses, and Obama can only trash, degrade, and devalue Clinton’s loss. This is the politics that have existed since before he came into the public eye, and he continues to propagate the exact same politics.
Change? I don’t think so. Only the blind, deaf, and stupid believe that Obama is anything other than more of the same.
Obama didn’t expect (the same as NH) loose Nevada. He didn’t give speech for his supporters on TV. His narcissism is really not helping to prove that his candidate of change. What change? He is playing the same political game as everybody else.
I hope people will pay more attention what he is actually saying. His camping now going after Bill, Hillary, Nevada caucus rules. He is not united people. He divides us. America doesn’t need inexperienced arrogant person in Oval office.
Hillary 2008!
It benefits the American people and the country if we are assured that the election process is conducted properly. This is “democracy.” There are always forces that push back democracy because some politicians underestimate the aggregate intellgience of the American people. We have been lied to, e.g. “I did not have a relationship with that woman.” Enough is enough!
Could you please show you Clinton camp barcode?
Check anywhere the delegates assigned from Nevada. Obama carried the rural areas (historically never tapped in by Democrats) and got one MORE candidate. What kind of “clear, large and absolute loss” that might be?
The Clintons spiked the NH election with subverting Obama’s ‘present’ vote record in Ill. and in Nevada they closed doors on voters before time.
Just a reminder. It is the youth who go everywhere late. In Australia John Howard even changed the law just before election, so the youth can not enter the electorate roll some time before the election. And he acted on advice from US election wizards. This is common knowledge in Australia. The Clintons clearly got the same analysis from THEIR clever advisors. (Except Howard was a right wing operator and never shrinked from the slogan “anything goes.”
The youth support Obama. Even the Clintons know that. So they sought to exclude significant number of young voters.
Another little election spike. Third in the row. Makes you wander what’s the plan next for SC.
1. NH: Subverting Obama’s ‘present’ vote record in Ill, right on election eve
2. NV: Excluding young from voting
3. MI: Not removing herself from a ballot against DNC direction.
I am a Republican who like McCaine. And I don’t close my eyes to what goes on in early election cycle when the media picks the winner.
You should keep yours open too.
Go check out http://www.republicansforobama.org
This is directed at jack i think the comment you just left was absolutely ridiculously and evidently unthought about. If he wasn’t right about the delegate count, people like cnn and other new station s would not update their information if they thought it waS WRONG. When you said the complanits were only made by his voters do you think the hillary supporters would aslo make that claim?:. I will advice you that next time before you lay down what is in your brain in writing, you think thoroughly before you do so. Where were you all the time when the clintons were crticizing obama. oh sorry you were probably one of those who are fooled by the supremacy in which th eclintons are trying to bring into this government. I will advice you to stay updated with the news and actually do some research before you talk. If we have another clinton is just going to be the same old same old. What we need in this country is change. and Obama is the only qualified candidate for that.
Put a muzzle on Obama so we don’t have to hear his crying any more
Sounds like Obama wanted his people to vote more than once in Nevada and they started complaining when they couldn’t
Obama only won IOWA because his hench men from Illinios flooded the caucus sites in IOWA. IOWA should make residency a requirement to vote in the state.
naija, you’re right. We do need change — you need to change your spell checker.
Why cant anyone see that The Clinton Royalty is once again trying to smear Obama …They are the whiners if they don’t get there own way….I belive king Clinton is haveing a breakdown afraid he cant get back to the White House and the new interns…I am sure they havent unpacked from their last time…People open your heads and remember the cheating and all the lies we were feed…I hope that if there is any morality left we wont be seeing the Clintons anywhere in the White House….Do you know the Rebublicans hope Hillary gets the nod they think she is the easy one to beat…
Comment by Jen
January 20th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
It benefits the American people and the country if we are assured that the election process is conducted properly. This is “democracy.” There are always forces that push back democracy because some politicians underestimate the aggregate intellgience of the American people. We have been lied to, e.g. “I did not have a relationship with that woman.” Enough is enough!
Is that the same as saying ” I was a Muslim and now I am catholic?”
Obama, don’t lie! You DID complement the republicans for being the party of ideas.
Here’s the proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HnLy3R2DDw
Now, try denying that!
Are these “republican ideas” the sort of “change” that you want to impose on the US of A? Im sorry but you can kiss your “republican ideas” goodbye!