Las Vegas Sun: Bill and the "Counting Game"

[flpoljunkie]

Bill and the counting game

By David McGrath Schwartz · January 16, 2008 · 6:44 PM

President Bill Clinton today stepped up his attack on at-large caucus sites on the Las Vegas Strip, telling reporters in Oakland that people who caucus at those locations would have votes “worth five times as much as people who voted in their own precinct.”

Is that right? Yes, mathematically, it is possible. In fact, the imbalance could be worse.

But it is also mathematically possible – and more likely - - that a caucus-goer in regular precincts off the Strip would have their support count for more than those on the Strip.

The calculations are highly complicated and they all depend on turnout Saturday.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/early-line/2008/jan/16/bill-and-counting-game/

[HeraldSquare212]

1. What, you mean all the teachers have to do is turn out to deal with the issue?

That's so unfair.

edit: insert sarcasm thingy.

[Egnever]

2. Ugh Bill is a lying fuck

Wasn't that established pretty conclusively. I cant believe people want more of that dishonest shit anywhere near the white house again.

[Barack_America]

4. What's that flushing sound? Is that a legacy going down the toilet?

Methinks so!

[DUyellow]

5. that is what my girl friend was saying

[Barack_America]

3. I heard that the caucus was designed to give higher weight to rural areas...

Not the strip. It was in yesterday's Vegas Sun article on the lawsuit.

But I'm not good at math, let alone "caucus math".

[flpoljunkie]

6. Video of Bill being asked about the lawsuit in Las Vegas.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/media?id=5896586

As Will Shakespeare once wrote, "Me thinks he doth protest too much."

[BootinUp]

7. your lack of addressing the facts and instead attacking the messenger

speaks volumes.

[flpoljunkie]

8. I think we can all agree the video of Bill speaks for itself. You know my position on the lawsuit.

[Thrill]

9. They knew about this all yr

and now they have a problem? lol