CAUCUS CHALLENGE: Now it's Nevada's turn

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Jan 10, 08

A battle royal for Nevada kicked off Wednesday between the two leading Democratic candidates for president.

With the long-awaited announcement that the powerful Culinary union will back Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Jan. 19 caucuses stand to pit the state's biggest engine of organized labor against its Democratic establishment.

Most of the state's political elite -- now including Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev. -- are backing New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

D. Taylor, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Local 226, who combines a rabble-rousing zeal with rare political savvy, said Nevada, more than Iowa and New Hampshire, will be the true test of candidates' appeal to real Americans.

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