Saturday, January 19, 2008

What I Saw at the NV Caucus

Mostly confusion.

I spent the morning at a high school in Henderson where several precincts were caucusing. Voters couldn't tell which rooms they were supposed to go to be in the right precinct. I saw several leaving in frustration. Finally someone made the announcment that no one would be turned away, just go to "any" precinct and you could participate even if it wasn't your own.

Saw a woman interviewed by the local TV who was turned away at another location and told to come to this one, only to be told she was in the wrong place. She left before the "anyone can caucus here" announcement was made.

Outside a woman with a Clinton sign asked everyone coming in if they were a Hillary supporter and if they were not she asked to speak with them. That, coupled with Bill Clinton's appearances on the strip at the at-large Culinary workers caucuses gave the Clintons a better caucus-day strategy than Obama.

Ever gracious, the Clinton campaign declared victory and victimhood in the same statement.

1 comment:

Cardinal said...

That's insane. Reminds me of the Republican activists in Ohio telling my friend in '04 that because of the large turn-out, Democrats were going to vote the following day.

What do you think of Obama getting more delegates nonetheless?