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Thread #107800   Message #2238747
Posted By: Azizi
17-Jan-08 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Nevada Caucus Snafu
Subject: RE: BS: Nevada Caucus Snafu
Q, you wrote that the Nevada culinary union has just rescinded its endorsement of Senatory Obama.

I very much doubt that is true. That would really be breaking news at any time, and especially so given the judge's ruling in support of the at large caucus sites. I've looked and found no such news on MNSBC's Internet site or the Los Vegas Sun newspaper's Internet site or on any newspaper site or political blog.

It appears you may be passing along misinformation, though I'm sure you're not doing it on purpose. I'd love to know what link or source you have for that information.

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Here's an article about the culinary union's endorsement of Senator Obama:

UPDATE 2-Key Nevada union backs Obama in blow to Clinton
Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:57pm EST

By Adam Tanner

LAS VEGAS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Barack Obama rebounded from a close loss to Hillary Clinton and won the support of the heavily Hispanic union representing Las Vegas casino workers on Wednesday ahead of the next Democratic presidential contest.

The Obama endorsement by the Culinary Workers Union, whose 60,000 members service the famed hotels and casinos on the Las Vegas strip and is a major political force in Nevada, was a blow to Clinton, who had campaigned for its backing in the state's Jan. 19 contest.

"We had a wonderful dilemma," D. Taylor, the union's secretary treasurer, told a noisy news conference. "It's been a very difficult decision."

"We understand we are going against the Democratic power establishment ... we are used to being underdogs," he added.

Clinton, the New York senator aiming to become the first woman president in the November election, had led in polls in Nevada and courted the union and Hispanics, which make up 45 percent of the union's membership.

The group's parent organization, UNITE HERE, with 460,000 food service, gaming and other workers nationwide, also expressed support for Obama, the Illinois senator who is hoping to become America's first black president.

"It's a little bit of a surprise," said David Damore, an associate professor of political science at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. "A lot of people expected, especially after Clinton's turnaround in New Hampshire yesterday, that they would go for the for the establishment candidate." ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0961529720080109