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  • So, About Those At-Large Caucuses ...


    You may have noticed our slight obsession with Nevada’s electoral wild card, the at-large precincts. These special caucuses, held in nine of the largest Las Vegas casinos, were supposed to give Obama an edge; people figured the culinary workers who worked Read More...
  • Edwards Has a PR Problem


    Thanks to the caucuses' arcane viability rules, John Edwards appears to have finished with only 4 percent of the vote in Nevada, but that's probably not the case. Edwards actually has 4 percent of the delegates assigned, not 4 percent of the popular vote. Read More...
  • Union Be Damned


    Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton's projected win in the Nevada caucuses is a big deal. Not because she won—polls had her in the lead going into the caucus--but because the culinary union failed. After Barack Obama's win in Iowa and his defeat in New Hampshire, Read More...
  • Obama's Entrance Poll Woes


    If the entrance polls are suggestive of real votes in Nevada, Barack Obama has a big problem on his hands. Ms. Clinton, meanwhile, has reason to celebrate and wonder why all the hoopla over unions and caucus sites was necesasry. According to CNN : Seventy-two Read More...
  • Preparing for Romney's Spin


    In a caucus that nobody cared about, Mitt Romney is the predicted winner of the Republican contest in Nevada today. Yay for Mitt. Romney and Ron Paul were the only two candidates who paid any attention to Nevada, which lost its importance when South Carolina Read More...
  • Bill's Caucus Beef


    It’s no secret that union endorsements are more powerful in states with caucuses than in those with primaries. Without the privacy of the voting booth, you’re much less likely to flout your union’s preference. But that’s exactly what Bill Clinton is asking Read More...
  • Nevada Caucus Chaos


    The lawsuit filed by a Nevada teachers’ union on Friday to keep Vegas Strip workers (the place, not the profession) from caucusing in their workplaces is making a lot of people look and sound crazy. But hey, that’s a caucus. The main reason for the rage: Read More...
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