Bill's outburst about the voting lawsuit was to exploit upstate-downstate NV voting tensions

Absolutely brilliant.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/18/202753/916/163/439175

Upstate-Downstate Divide:

Like in New York, Minnesota and Michigan, there is a big geographic divide in voting in Nevada. With the perception of Las Vegas getting all the attention in the south, and the more rural and sparsely distributed Upstaters tending to get left out. Hillary is leading in the Upstate by huge margins both union and non-union especially in the rural areas. Look at Upper Michigan where over 20 counties voted Hillary 75+ when in the rest of the state she got 55%. Hillary will clean up in the rural and remote areas, and it is these voters which will likely throw her over the top.


Effect of the Law Suit:

While the lawsuit has likely galvanised some of the Culinary workers for Obama, it likewise has galvanised the other unions for Hillary and John Edwards who together would have more worker members in their combined union endorsements than Barack. Many of the other Nevada unions have historically expressed displeasure over the power of the Culinaries and how they have wielded it in the past, and this whole lawsuit dispute highlights this historic and on-going tension. This will likely lead to a high turnout on both sides of the fence, and guarantee Hillary and Obama a good block of votes. Also one of the main issues is that Las Vegas-based Culinaries got their own caucuses, but the the Upstate Culinaries (Reno, Tahoe, Carson City etc) did not, and this was apparently part of the original agreement that the big Upstate Casinos thought they would have. So this leaves the Upstate Culinaries left out and more likely to break ranks and move to Hillary.

their lies and spin?

i was proud of how bill answered the correspondent asking him the question.

Exploiting people is exactly what I'm looking for in a campaign. Good show!