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Published Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 | 4:30 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 | 2:14 p.m.
Where did both Democratic frontrunners choose to pass their last face time
on TV the morning of the caucus? At Univision's Henderson studios, one of
two Spanish-language networks in the Las Vegas Valley.
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton granted 15-minute interviews during the live broadcast that ended
only an hour before the 11 a.m. caucus kick-off. That was testimony to the hunger each had for Hispanic support.
It apparently worked. Andres Ramirez, Democratic Hispanic outreach director, quoted early exit polls that estimated 18,000 Hispanics turned out statewide, or about 30 percent of active registered Democratic Hispanics.
Polls also estimated three of four Hispanics lined up for Clinton. Who knows if Hispanic viewers watching Univision contributed to that total, and if they were influenced by Clinton's intimate vibe with news director Adriana Arevalo, who handled the live interview.
Arevalo is eight months pregnant. Clinton looked her in the eye toward the end of her 15 minutes and explained how "we women bring a somewhat different perspective ... we've balanced career and family ... I understand not just the world stage but the kitchen table."
Then, off camera, she grabbed Arevalo's arm, asked when the baby was due, a boy or a girl. Have a name yet?
The two laughed like old school chums.
A few hours later, at the precinct this reporter covered, dozens of Hispanic women who appeared to be 30 years old or more were sitting on the side of the Rancho High School bleachers reserved for Clinton supporters.
Clinton carried that precinct with seven delegates out of 10.
Wow! Hillary the phony baloney. Those trusting Hispanics have much to learn about sleazy American politicians.
¡Gracias nuestros amigos hispanos, gracias tan tanto!
HILLARY ALL THE WAY!!!
wooo hooo! we did it!
We Love You Hillary! :D
The sad fact is no person, no matter how fantasic, who is not white will ever be able to win the presidency as a Democrat. It's a sad day for Nevada that the Clintons were able to play the race card so skilfully and get Latinos and Asians (and of course whites) to act on their hatred of blacks against a person who is really not all that black. But hey it worked, right, and that's all that matters.
As for the women's vote for the Clintons, Mrs. Clinton has always been amazingly subserviant to her Bubba and that will continue. Role model for young women: "Marry a President and someday when he is barred by term limits you too can be elected to get him back into the White House!"
In November I can't imagine very many anti-war Clinton haters in the Democratic party switching and voting for the Clintons, and there is no way they can avoid a landslide against them in November. This is too much like the Walter Mondale/ Gary Hart Democratic nomination fight when Mondale won but then lost 49 out of 50 states in November.
Reform Democrats, including Obama, need to keep their distance from the Clintons as much as possible, and try to help other anti-war Democrats get elected in spite of the landslide obviously coming against the Clintons. A shame since this was going to be a Democratic year and many fine new Democrats will be defeated in November.
Shame on Latino and Asian Nevada Democrats for buying into the racism.
AP and http://www.nvdems08.com/ show that while hillary manipulated enough caucuses, including bill signing autographs and shouting more false claims while he was engaging in voter manipulation himself...
Obama still got more delegates. Which was the point of the whole freaking exercise.