So did Harry Reid just hand the primary to Hillary?

[FailureToCommunicate]

He called in all his chips with his supporters among the culinary workers union. Polls had shown fairly tilting towards Bernie till some last minute calls.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/us/politics/nevada-caucus.html?_r=0

Congrats to Hillary on her win, BTW.

[hoosierlib]

1. Establishment protecting their own kind...

[LuvLoogie]

2. It's the Democratic Primary, isn't it?

[Renew Deal]

3. Polls weren't really tilting all that much towards Bernie in the end.

538 gave Hillary a 71% chance of winning. The polling average spiked for Hillary at the end 50-46. It's not a big surprise she won.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/nevada-democratic/

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. The group I spoke of was not caucus-bound till Reid rang.

[Renew Deal]

5. Maybe yes, maybe no.

And maybe polling captured them in the end.

[RobertEarl]

6. Reid is establishment

Of course he backed the establishment candidate and did what he could in his state for her.

But, Bernie won more delegates than was expected, H lost more than was expected.

It would have been terribly embarrassing for Reid if his own state crushed the establishment candidate.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Well, Reid pushed hard to move Nevada earlier in the primary calandar. So, yes, a 'loss' for

the 'establishment' candidate would not have looked good for Harry.

[RobertEarl]

10. Reid is an entrenched politician

Politicians like him have ways of manipulating things to go their way.

That's why I like Bernie so much. He's a much more honest dealer than most politicians.

[MoonRiver]

8. So, supporters of Hillary are not allowed to campaign for her?

[FailureToCommunicate]

11. See post #9

[MoonRiver]

12. Must have him/her on ignore.

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. Oh, okay. Basically said that she lived in NV and knew the Reid machine. Also, that many people

were afraid to caucus, because they could be easily identified, and voting (the "wrong" way) would have negative repercussions for their jobs.

[MoonRiver]

17. Anecdotal. Would be nice if Sanders' supporters could just graciously accept their losses.

But that's not going to happen I guess.

[Punkingal]

9. Yes, Jon Ralston said he did that.

Said the ones who wanted to vote for Bernie couldn't because it was a caucus and everyone would know their vote. I lived in Nevada for 9 years and was involved in politics there, and this is exactly how that fucking Reid operates.

[Cali_Democrat]

18. So Bernie supporters couldn't vote for Bernie?

Huh?

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Gasp...you mean, like, politics?

So much for groundswell.

[MohRokTah]

15. The Clintons gave him lots of help 6 years ago.

That's what networking within a party gets you. Hillary hs 40 years of Democratic Party networking. Sanders has none.

[NCTraveler]

16. It's good to have support.

And Reid is a fighter.