Posted on 01/19/2008 4:16:10 PM PST by ricks_place
LAS VEGAS - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won her second straight victory in the contest for the Democratic nomination Saturday, winning a Nevada dogfight that seemed to set the stage for an increasingly rancorous campaign between her and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
Her margin over Obama — Clinton led by just under six percentage points with about 90 percent of precincts reporting — was a convincing victory in a state whose most important player, the Culinary Workers Union, endorsed Obama and pressed hard for victory.
Obama did well in the delegate count, however. The Associated Press had Clinton winning 13 delegates, compared to 12 for Obama. The Obama campaign said it was 13-12 in his favor.
The vote was also a devastating crash for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who had won substantial portions of the vote in Iowa and New Hampshire, but was headed toward winning less than 4 percent of the delegates in Nevada.
The vote also reflected the key demographic realities that are coming to define the primary contest, according to early exit polls and observations. Exit polls showed 65 percent of Hispanic voters supported Clinton, while 83 percent of the state’s smaller number of African American voters largely backed Obama.
That’s a trend that is likely to favor Obama in the next contest, on Jan. 26, in heavily African American South Carolina and in some large states, like New York. But it could bode well for Clinton in other upcoming states with large Hispanic populations, notably California.
Clinton was also aided by a caucus in which more women — who heavily supported her — participated than men. More than 120,000 people took part, according to the state Democratic Party.
“I guess this is how the West was won," Clinton told cheering supporters after the caucus results became clear.
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Were john permitted to participate in the Dem bunny-ranch caucus?
It would be nice to know.
It will be just a matter of time before Edwards endorses Hillary - just to spite Kerry!
I think Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend and I’ll have a coke with our popcorn....ooops that was not intended as a slur against Obama/sar
Can’t wait to see the Clintons’ gloating, Mr. Clinton will really have a reason to cut loose for the evening.
and yet she LOST the delegate count. AMAZING. SIMPLY AMAZING.
She WON the locations where Bill said their votes were going to count 5 times more... and still lost the delegate count.
Funny thing, all three Democrat races have had pretty much an even split of delegates - regardless of who won.
Looks like the ‘super duper delegates’ will be the deciders.
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