[NV} The caucus process requires participants to show up at 11:30 on the appointed morning and

[rodeodance]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/09/now-were-epicenter/

.......Still, the Culinary endorsement could be decisive for Obama.

Here’s why:

Although the union is coy about how many of its members are registered to vote, the endorsement is expected to give Obama at least 10,000 supporters in the caucus, in a contest whose turnout estimates have ranged from 28,000 to 100,000.

In a caucus, supporters of a candidate literally stand together on one side of the room, demonstrating to everyone who is supporting whom. Many Strip shift workers, Culinary workers, will be voting at so-called “at-large” caucus sites on the Strip. This means Culinary members, for whom unity is a creed, will be able to enforce discipline. Clinton can no longer expect to win many delegates at those at-large sites.

The infusion of locked-down voters is only the most obvious benefit, however.

The caucus process requires participants to show up at 11:30 on the appointed morning and at the correct precinct location, which means organizations must identify supporters and ensure they show up. The Culinary is known as the most politically active and organized union in the state and one of the most active in the country. Political observers in Nevada have long assumed the union would provide the kind of organization that could deliver victory..........

[suston96]

1. Yep, sounds very democratic. Vote the way we say, or else...We'll be watching you....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. It's How They Used To Elect Members To The Communist Party In The Soviet Union And Eastern Bloc

Nations?

Who's going to vote opposite to the way he was instructed by his union boss?

[ursi]

3. And Rory Reid (Borg campaign manager) will tell us all to bend over, crack a smile and swallow

IMHO.