If Clinton or Edwards win inside the Casinos...

[Tom Rinaldo]

or if Obama or Edwards win outside the Casinos, I will find those results worthy of some attention. On the whole I have little respect for the caucus system in Nevada providing results that actually represent the feelings of the voting public.

[Fresh_Start]

1. you figure the average American is not in a casino

in the middle of the day when the economy is in the toilet?

[MADem]

2. Uh, those caucuses aren't FOR "average Americans" such as you describe

Those At Largers are for casino WORKERS....you know, cooks, maids, wait staff, janitors, table workers...not gamblers.

[Fresh_Start]

4. thanks for agreeing that the casino sites are not

representative of the average voter.

[MADem]

5. The NV caucuses aren't representative of the average NV voter, either.

Caucuses are inherently disenfranchising. People who work, and who don't work within two point five miles of those At Large sites, are fucked. So are the hospitalized, the bedridden, the military serving on active duty, shift working cops, firemen, cabbies, cashiers, etc.

It's an elitist system for the highly politically motivated. It doesn't give a sense of what the average voter thinks or feels at all. It's more a party exercise than a voter enfranchisement exercise.

[kevsand]

6. Sooo, you're saying that "cooks, maids, wait staff, janitors"

are not average voters?

[Fresh_Start]

7. sadly its been along time since unions were

the average voter. The average voter is non-union and non-union household today.

[sandnsea]

8. Nice to know, don't you think?

Unreal.

[Rock_Garden]

3. They haven't worked the bugs out of it, yet, have they?