With Unite Here’s executive committee set to vote via conference call on its presidential endorsement this evening, the John Edwards campaign is sending signals the endorsement, which carries the Culinary brand name here, won’t be going its way.
Edwards’ Nevada campaign sent out an e-mail a few minutes ago with the following subject line, culled from […]

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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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Some news this morning on the all-important Culinary Union front.
UNITE HERE and its 60,000-member Las Vegas affiliate seem to have agreed that they’ll share in a single endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate — and it may not come until after the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus to improve their odds in betting on a winner.
But […]

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