Nevada Democratic Caucus A Complete Fiasco
The 2008 Nevada Democratic Caucus turned into a fiasco, as many of those who attended left complaining about dirty tricks and political chicanery. David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, said the Obama campaign has turned up more than 200 reports of irregularities.
“We currently have reports of over 200 separate incidents of trouble at caucus sites, including doors being closed up to thirty minutes early, registration forms running out so people were turned away, and ID being requested and checked in a non-uniform fashion. This is in addition to the Clinton campaign’s efforts to confuse voters and call into question the at-large caucus sites which clearly had an affect on turnout at these locations. These kinds of Clinton campaign tactics were part of an entire week’s worth of false, divisive, attacks designed to mislead caucus-goers and discredit the caucus itself.”
Obama claims he “ran an honest, uplifting campaign in Nevada that focused on the real problems Americans are facing, a campaign that appealed to people’s hopes instead of their fears.” Yeah, right. He left the strong-arm tactics to the Culinary bosses.
As Ed Morrisey over at Captain’s Quarters points out, there are a few moments where pure schadenfreude can honestly be enjoyed without guilt. This friends, is certainly one of them.
Tags: nevada democratic party, Barack Obama, nevada democratic caucus, 2008 presidential campaign, nevada democrats, Hillary Clinton
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