One of Nevada’s largest unions – the Service Employees International Union – has scheduled a conference call with its executive board to discuss a potential presidential endorsement tonight at 8:30 p.m., according to several board members.
The union represents 17,500 healthcare and public sector workers in Nevada and decided last week to wait for the […]

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Despite reports that Culinary Workers Local 226 will endorse Barack Obama for president tomorrow morning (see Tim Russert’s unattributed pronouncement on the Today Show this morning), the 60,000-strong union of casino and hotel workers is still undecided.
In fact, no vote has taken place yet. That’s planned for 11 pm EST tonight when the executive committee […]

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On the ground, Clinton’s Nevada folks are trying to keep their chins up.
“We expect to compete in Nevada,” said Hilarie Grey, Clinton’s Nevada
spokeswoman. “We are full speed ahead in Nevada.”
Like Obama and Edwards, no word yet on when Clinton will visit, which would
be a major sign she plans to make a stand here.
But it doesn’t […]

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Tom Edsaall, former Washington Post reporter, writes on the Huffington Post that Clinton may concede Nevada and South Carolina.
Reports are now conflicting, with the AP and other published reports talking about Clinton treating Nevada like a firewall.
“Manchester, N.H. — A panicked and cash-short Clinton campaign is seriously considering giving up on the Nevada caucuses and […]

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CONCORD, N.H. — Downtown at the state capital. The Clinton bus just rolled through. The sky is clear and the air has reached 50 degrees. Expect big turnout, which is what the campaigns are reporting thus far.
Larry David was at an Obama event on the campus of Dartmouth College today, and was a meanie to […]

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CONCORD, H.H. — As I write this, the polls here opening in just a few hours, the signs point to Sen. Clinton treating Nevada like her ultimate firewall. If that’s the case, we can expect 10 days of tough campaigning back home, heavy on the negatives from the Clinton camp. And the Obama team […]

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SALEM — During a Clinton rally here, a couple goofballs stood up during her speech and started yelling, “Iron my shirt!” They had yellow signs that said the same.
They were dragged away.
Clinton said “Sexism rears its ugly head,” and referenced the glass ceiling. She got her only standing-o of the night. She […]

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Overheard at Sen. Hillary Clinton’s huge rally in Manchester.
A national magazine journalist to a Clinton heavy: “Yeah, it’ll eventually flip around, because we need a new narrative.”
This means Obama will start getting a little bad press soon enough, and then they’ll pile on. But will it be soon enough for Clinton?

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Sen. Harry Reid and Democratic National Convention CEO Leah Daughtry touch down in Las Vegas Wednesday, the day after the New Hampshire primary. Their agenda: attend a townhall meeting to answer questions about the Nevada caucus, the national convention in Denver and how the public can get involved in both.
It’s the fourth in a […]

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Since Thursday’s Iowa caucus, the national media has skipped (or scorned) Nevada’s Jan. 19 caucus, skipping ahead to the South Carolina contest on Jan. 26.
Well, Sen. Barack Obama hasn’t forgotten about us.
As he ordered a hot tea with lemon in New Hampshire today, reporters fired some questions, including this one:
“Q. What’s next after New Hampshire?”
A. […]

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