FLAT-OUT CHEATING!
If you thought the confusion surrounding the Iowa caucuses was bad, wait until you see Nevada.
When the traveling Republican circus moves on after Tuesday’s Florida primary, it will head for the Silver State — giving Newt Gingrich’s most generous backer, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, a chance to cast a vote for his candidate.
But with the caucuses scheduled for a Saturday morning, Adelson, an observant Jew, originally would not have been able to participate. So, largely at his urging, the state’s Republicans will hold a special extra caucus, hours after the rest of the state has finished voting and reporting its totals.
In case the symbolism wasn’t clear enough, the extra caucus, scheduled for 7 p.m. Pacific time, is being held at the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Campus, an Adelson-funded private school in Las Vegas.
Party officials insist that’s just a coincidence, but insiders say without the influence of Adelson, a generous donor to local candidates and causes, the rogue caucus almost certainly would not exist.
Here’s how it is supposed to work, according to a conference call with Nevada GOP officials Friday afternoon. Nevada has 17 counties, but more than half the Republican voters are in Clark County, which encompasses Las Vegas.
Each county was allowed to set its own caucus procedures this year, leading to a divergent array of start times and rules across the state. Some precincts will open their doors as early as 8 a.m.; others won’t get under way until noon. But all must wrap up the action by 3 p.m.
At 5 p.m., the party will publicly announce the results of the caucuses for the 16 smaller counties. (Since these results will have been announced at the precinct level, the campaigns and media likely will already have a sense by then.)
At 7 p.m., just as the special evening caucus is getting under way, the results for the rest of Clark County will be announced.
Now, dear friends, this blogger has not one lick of trouble holding a late caucus or two to accommodate our Jewish friends – BUT ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF THE OTHER CAUCUSES FIRST?!?!?!?!?! Please – particularly when the population figures stack up like they do. Never in all my born days have I seen such a naked and public set-up to cheat an election. If it is anywhere near close, all our colleagues at the Adelson caucus have to do is go out and drum up some more Gingrich voters to show up at their caucus.
The RNC has no choice but to threaten Nevada with withholding credentials from all Nevada delegates to the convention unless the results of all caucus’ are withheld until all the caucus’ are complete.
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JLF9999 on 27 Jan 2012 at 8:34 pm #
What have Mitt’s people said about this?
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