Barack Bouncing Back - CWU Nevada Endores Obama

Despite taking second place in the New Hampshire primary, Barack Obama has picked up a huge endorsement from the Culinary Workers Union of Nevada; the site of the next caucus.

The union, which boasts a membership of more than 60,000, is seen as akey endorsement in Nevada, a state where there are less than 500,000registered Democrats in the whole state and certainly not all come outfor caucuses.

This could be enough to push Obama over the top in Nevada; a state where he was trailing Clinton by almost 20 points only a month ago. Nevada's Caucuses are scheduled for January 19th, with the South Carolina Primary following a week later.

Comments

[matthias]

Is there in the nevada-caucus also a 15%-hurdle with a opportunity for a 2nd decision?

[Justin]

Good Question Matthias. According to http://www.nvdemscaucus.com, the "viability threshold is calculated as follows:

Caucuses which elect one (1) delegate - No groups may form, the delegate must be elected by the whole caucus

Caucuses which elect two (2) delegates - Viable groups must contain 25% of attendees (# eligible attendees X .25)

Caucuses which elect three (3) delegates - Viable groups must contain 1/6th of attendees (# eligible attendees, divided by 6)
Caucuses which elect four (4) or more delegates - Viable groups must contain 15% of attendees (# eligible attendees X .15)

More Info Available at http://www.nvdemscaucus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=30

[Richard Andre]

Obama should and will be the front runner soon
It is interested to note that NBC went to court to prevent Kucinich appearing on the debate in Nevada. One on the reason for this censorship is that they are afraid that Kucinich will talk about what happen in New Hampshire. The polls were actually correct; indeed there was a fraud benefiting the so-called surprised winner. Eventually the American people will know the truth. And when that happens the propensity will clearly go toward the leader with the sound judgment not the divider. Kucinich really believe that there was a fraud. He supports this belief with hard cash, by paying for the recounts that is now in order. Kucinich believes that Barrack Obama has won the New Hampshire primary; And Hillary Clinton came in second, if the machine were accurate. Technicians who support the Diebold machine were allowed to break the security seal and to change the memory card on the machine during the Election Day under the pretense that the diebold machine broke down. There seems to be evidence that the surprise winner got a bump of 4.5% and the second candidate’s count was subtracting by 2.5%

[bob scucci]

NO WAY IS THE C, U, GOING TO VOTE FOR OBAMA. THIS BULL THAT YOU GAVE US MAKES US MORE ANGRY, AND YOU WILL BE LUCKY TO GET TWENTY PER CENT.