Reid caught in middle of Strip-voting suit (NV caucus)

[ursi]

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Washington — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday continued to stay out of the debate over the 11th-hour legal challenge to the Democratic presidential caucus in Nevada, frustrating some and raising questions about where he stands.

Reid, the person most responsible for bringing the early caucus to Nevada, has not stood up for the state party that arranged the voter precincts now being challenged as unfair days before the election.

If a federal court shuts down the nine casino caucus sites, the party’s nominating efforts in Nevada could end in turmoil. The head of the union that represents the workers who would caucus at the Strip casinos, D. Taylor, said over the weekend that the campaigns and Democratic officials should condemn the effort to dismantle the “at-large” precincts.

“Anything short of that will clearly be a sign that they obviously think it’s OK to disenfranchise voters,” he said.

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/15/reid/

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This part sings:

A last-minute glitch in Nevada is not what the Democratic National Committee bargained for when it chose the state from among several others for the early calendar spot.

“The Nevada caucus is Harry Reid’s baby,” Rothenberg said. “There’s a real chance here that at the end of the day people will look back on Nevada and see it as an embarrassment as much as a success.”

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Thank you, Senator Reid, for coming clean about this.

Nevada looks like a clown right now. Or did we always look that way?

[madrchsod]

1. so does the senate under his leadership

i know he does`t have the numbers but the perception of the american people is what counts.

[yourout]

2. When Reid became Majority leader I had hope that things would get better...

I have since realized I was wrong.

I say Russ Feingold for Majority Leader.

[AzDar]

4. Now ,THAT, I could get behind!

:thumbsup:

[barb162]

3. I think it is immaterial what he thinks or where he stands on it. n/t

[ursi]

5. not for Nevadans. he got us into this. the at-large idea came from him.

[barb162]

8. If he opines on it , will it somehow change your vote?

[spotbird]

6. On Reid's "neutrality"

While Reid Stays Out of '08 Fray, Sen. Clinton Signs His Son

By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray
Sunday, February 18, 2007; Page A02

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) has pledged not to pick among his many friends running for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, choosing instead to focus his time and energy on making Nevada's new early caucus as successful as possible.

With Reid not committing, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) found the next-best thing -- signing his eldest son, Rory, as both the chair of her campaign in the Silver State and an adviser on Western issues.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701351.html

[ursi]

7. please don't forget ...he can play neutral all he wants but the NV caucus is his baby

[damntexdem]

9. If he was strip voting, why was he wearing a suit?

;-)

Oh, OK -- I WILL bash HRC's campaign for trying to limit voting (caucusing) options for hotel workers. And I'm ashamed of AFSCME (I'm a former member, activist, and local official) for its role in the HRC campaign in Nevada.

[rocktivity]

10. Strip voting would certainly solve the low turnout problem!

:rofl:
rocknation

[ursi]

11. That would be too frightening to see! EEUUWW!!! I am ashamed of the teachers union.

[customerserviceguy]

12. Here's hoping that change will come to Nevada as a result of this

Caucuses are such a 19th Century way to pick nominees, its time for Nevada to step into modern times and just have a primary vote, the way that most states with people who work around the clock do things. It might be quaint for Iowa farmers to hold on to caucuses, but it really doesn't fit in with the way that most people live their lives these days.