Steve’s Stuff

This was in a CNN story covering the democratic race -

“Pre-caucus polls in Nevada make it a close race among the three, an event spiced by a lawsuit filed by several Clinton supporters hoping to challenge the ground rules.

Their objective was to prevent several caucuses along the Las Vegas Strip, where thousands of Culinary Workers Union employees — many of them Hispanic or black — hold jobs.

The rules were approved in May, when Clinton was the overwhelming national front-runner in the race. But the union voted to endorse Obama last week, and the lawsuit followed.”

This is funny - especially after she criticized Iowa’s caucus system of disenfranchising blue-collar workers unable to take time off work to attend.

More here -

“The state teachers union, which hasn’t endorsed a candidate but whose members are among Mrs. Clinton’s core supporters, has asked a federal court to halt the casino caucuses because it gives casino workers greater voice in delegate selection. The court hasn’t yet heard the suit, but it already has created bad blood between the culinary union and the state’s elected Democrats, who have been largely quiet.

D. Taylor, the union’s secretary-treasurer, calls the suit “an attempt to disenfranchise thousands of union members,” who will be working on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. He and other Obama supporters point out that all the campaigns signed off on the plan months ago.”

Yikes