The Elko numbers

By Sam Morris · January 18, 2008 · 1:17 PM

If crowds are any indication of how the Democratic candidates are faring in Elko — all three are in town today — John Edwards was able to pack a Basque restaurant with between 50 and 75 (Update: now 100) people. Later, Hillary Clinton filled a gymnasium with 500 (Update: now 600) supporters — standing room only — with more people trying to file in 15 minutes before her scheduled appearance. Barack Obama’s rally is at 2:30.

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By NVMojo

1/18/08 at 2:09 p.m.

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Too bad Edwards campaign didn't schedule his visit last night in a high school gym. Many people were turned away last night because it was held in basque bar and restaurant. What were they thinking?

Hillary's people are clever to hold that gathering at the Elko Indian Colony. Rural votes are counted like the Vegas at-large precinct. It's funny that her supporters didn't sue over that.
By tomdc

1/18/08 at 5:05 p.m.

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NO THIRD TERM !

NO MORE BUSH, NO MORE CLINTON, Enough is enough !
By Dusacre

1/19/08 at 1:36 a.m.

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Mr.Sam Morris,

Are you aware that your reporting is incomplete or are you just biased?

What was the number for Obama? Any update???
By dranfu

1/19/08 at 2:28 a.m.

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On Hillary’s website it states “Nobody has worked harder or longer to improve health care than Hillary Clinton. From her time in Arkansas when she improved rural health care to her successful effort to create the SCHIP Children's Health Insurance program which now covers six million children,"

First, a link to information --with many sources to follow up on -- about SCHIP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Child.......

I have a hard time holding back my laughter as I write about this, but the educated among you will realize that SCHIP was written in 1997 by Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a conservative Republican, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat. It was a true bipartisan effort because both men cared about children --http://query.nytimes.co/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE4D81E39F937A25750C0A961958260

Hillary was not in office at the time, Bill was, and Bill didn't write the legislation either, though he did support it. Hillary didn't help SCHIP pass; she simply spoke about it publicly, which I give her credit for. But honestly, she was a first lady and living under the Monica Lewinski scandal at the time. This claim on her website is just dishonest. Talk about taking credit for someone else's work. It was the work of those two senators, and a bipartisan effort, that got the legislation passed. Real lawmakers made that happen, not Hillary.

And like all the tactics we've seen from her these past few weeks, she distorts her opponent’s record, and just blatantly lies to the public about her own.

A lot of people have lapped up her expert(and I do give her credit for expert dirty politics-Karl Rove take note) campaign to paint Obama as an inexperienced candidate, but again for the educated, he has led a brilliant career, which is why so many high level politicians have endorsed him. You didn't really beleive that they were doing it without knowing anything about Obama did you? Lol. It's the public that doesn't know Barack, not the other way around. If you want to read about Barrack’s career, political life, and service to the people of our country, read the AP's/Time Magazine's article on his experience and qualifications --http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1704117,00.html

Truthfully, Barack is the one who worked hard as an Illinois senator, in 1996-2004, I might add, to get great health care passed in his state(refer to AP article and Wikipedia link above).

If you want to know the candidates for real. And if you don't want to be manipulated by the media and by dirty politics, then you are going to have to read these things yourself. It is an important decision. Let the truth be told.