Obama Camp Complains to Nevada Dems - Cites 1,600 complaints of early door closings, obstruction,etc

Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008
Obama Camp Complains to Nevada Dems
By AP/JIM KUHNHENN

(WASHINGTON) — Barack Obama's presidential campaign complained in a letter to the Nevada Democratic Party Wednesday that rival Hillary Rodham Clinton benefited from numerous violations of party rules during the state's caucuses on Saturday.

Clinton won the caucuses' popular vote by a margin of 51 percent to 45 percent. Under complicated delegate allocation rules, however, Obama could receive 13 delegates to Clinton's 12.

The letter to Nevada Democratic Chairwoman Jill Derby from Obama lawyer Robert Bauer lists instances of early door closings, obstruction of voters, and improper handling of voter preference cards. Obama aides said the campaign has received more than 1,600 complaints, including 300 that came in to a hotline at the time of the caucuses.

Bauer said the campaign is not challenging the outcome of the caucuses at the precinct level, but he asked Derby to conduct an inquiry into the Clinton campaign tactics during the caucuses. The campaign offered to provide the names and contact information of the individuals making the complaints as well as unedited copies of their accounts.

The Clinton campaign has also complained about behavior at the caucuses. On Sunday, Clinton senior adviser Dave Barnhart said he witnessed an enormous "gantlet" of Obama supporters at the Mirage casino-hotel caucus site who tried to intimidate Clinton backers.

Attached to the Obama complaint was an instruction sheet that Bauer's letter attributed to the Clinton campaign. The sheet offers guidance on how to persuade caucus goers to caucus for Clinton.

One line states: "It's not illegal unless they tell you so."

"This certainly suggests that, for the Clinton campaign, the operative standard was, simply and only, what it could get away with," Bauer wrote.

The letter complained that the Clinton camp distributed a caucus guide to supporters that said caucus site doors would close at 11:30 a.m. The party's rules stated that caucuses would be called to order at 11:30 a.m. but said attendees had to be signed in by noon.

Neither the Clinton campaign nor the Nevada Democratic Party had an immediate response to the Obama campaign letter.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1706262,00.html

tends to confirm it.

Really, I am a bit taken aback. I could understand fighting the at large caucus areas, sort of.

This is WAY sleazy IMO. :(

I wish Hillary had never run because she's shredded the last bit of regard I had for them.

WHINE, WHINE, WHINE.

Cheat.

How did that one work out for ya? :)

You can't, Tarcy.

Be sure to thank Denny for 50,000 well-spent dollars.

And now Obama feels ripped off.

As well as anyone closing the doors early. Regardless of who the candidate is.

:banghead:

threats if the union representative did not see you voting for Obama.

What a waste of time.

out there accusing Hillary of doing him in. It's a piss poor way to start off a campaign.

Oh boy, just what our party needs more years of the Clinton's controlling our party and dragging us all down into the Clinton's sewers.

wake me up when he grows some balls

Wake me up when she lets all the votes be counted.

HillaryInc disgusts me.

I almost feel sorry for you.

Almost.

At the VERY least I know I'm on the correct moral and ethical side of this debate.

Oh, Wolsh, I hope you get your meds soon. Now get back to weaving your basket.

Stay classy!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=61247&mesg_id=61247

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=61247&mesg_id=61247

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4169614

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4169514&mesg_id=4169514

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4168949

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4162289&mesg_id=4162289

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4159384&mesg_id=4159384

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4159140&mesg_id=4159140

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4153519&mesg_id=4153519

all with links to the original source information

and what are you bringing to the table, Wolsh? I mean, besides a Bill Kristol-like tendency to be wrong about everything.

and no effort as my assistant did the copy and paste for me while I finished a conference call

I'm sure your assistant thinks you're a wonderful person.

:sarcasm:

The Nevada Dem party ordered the caucuses to be brought to order at 11:30.

If the doors are supposed to be closed before bringing the caucuses to order, the obviously the doors would have closed at 11:30.

Now we have complaints that the doors were supposed to stay open until 12:00. That, according to the rules in play, is a Catch 22 situation.

1600 complaints? And they all blame Hillary? How did Hillary manage to close all the caucus doors early? The world wonders.

Is Obama now taking whining lessons from Dennis the Menace?

voodoo mind games and an unstoppable, omnipotent power is my guess :evilgrin:

thought of doing away with the caucus system?

It's clear that there are negatives about the system.

Do the positives outweigh those negatives?

Why they decided to switch would be very interesting to know.

And what's worse is those willing to turn a blind eye to the voter suppression and worse the Clintons are engaging in.

It is his MO