Culinary union in Nevada to go for Obama?
by kos
Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 10:52:53 AM PDT
Tim Russert thinks so.
Today: Tim Russert flatly asserted Nevada’s powerful Culinary Workers Union Local 226 will endorse Obama on Wednesday.
It's certainly the safe bet for the local, since Obama has the big mo'. There's probably a reason the union waited this long to endorse, rather than make an endorsement based on the policy merits and labor records of the candidates. Not that I blame them. This way, they get to play kingmaker and that has obvious benefits -- especially considering that every other significant union endorsement went to Edwards, Clinton, or Dodd -- to little avail. Obama simply won without them. The labor movement is ineffective when fragmented (like in a primary).
It's been over a month since Nevada was polled, and way back then (in political terms), Hillary held solid +20-point leads. Those have likely evaporated by now, and by having Culinary back Obama now, they get to claim some credit for an Obama victory in the state. Cynical, perhaps, but well played.
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On another note, my inlaws voted today in New Hampshire. My mother-in-law decided to vote for Hillary after her campaign defended Daily Kos on Bill O'Reilly's show. My sister-in-law who lives in NH followed suit. My wife had an excited message from her mom that she had met Hillary this morning, and had told her she hoped she'd be the next president of the United States. Very cute.
My father in law, on the other hand, voted for Obama. His big issue is ending the embargo on Cuba so he can visit his family more easily, and he's hopeful that Obama can deliver.
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