I can see why this lawsuit would be brought up. It deems unfair to me that certain groups get preferential treatment and have caucuses done right where they work while other workers who are not able to attend because they can't get time off of work would be disenfranchised. Why do the Culinary workers' votes count more than say, teachers. The caucuses themselves seem to be undemocratic. And on top of it, Obama is the biggest hypocrite of them all. I don't see him complaining now about the "special interest" in politics. In Iowa, he was complaining how unethical the unions that were supporting Edwards and Clinton were, and he basically labeled them as special interests. This is hypocrisy at it worst!

Oh and on another note, IMO it was wrong for the Culinary Workers to endorse Obama when their rank and file members were not asked to weigh in the decision to support him. There wasn't even a poll taken or anything, this decision came from the top only. It now makes sense to me because I actually found it odd at the time that the union decided not to endorse Clinton, or Edwards for that matter, because its members seem to be more in line with their constituencies. The working class and Hispanics are overwhelmingly for Cliton, I just hope they have the guts to break away from their union and vote for who they wish. All this seems so undemocratic to me, I can't believed that the party even agreed to caucuses in NV,

I can not back Obama - first because of the inexperience and lack of a record. He never voted for the War big deal he just did not vote. How many of you backed the war....look what happened to the Dixie Chicks when they spoke against the war. Politicians voted the way you wanted them to so don't always blame them for being your voice. You were okay with it and Bush. Not it is a different story.

Democrats trying to disenfranchise minority voters? This is something I never thought I would have ever heard of in my entire Democratic life, but that is because it is UNHEARD OF. The reason we are seeing such strange behavior in this particular Democratic race is because WE THE PEOPLE of the United States of America need to recognize that the Bush-Clintons are trying to create a type of political dynasty. For example Edwards and Obama are rivals and although they differ on many things remain civil but it is the Clinton camp keeps throwing all these vicious in the road. Down with the WASHINGTON HYPOCRISY NO MORE BUSH-CLINTON-BUSH-CLINTON-JEB BUSH? DYNASTY!!!

Rob,

My efforts at bringing up Obama's Harvard education was not to snub lawyers or Harvard, both are honorable in large part. The point is obvious. "His appeal to the masses against evil lawyers is transparent political posturing." He is a lawyer trying to portray himself as opposing evil lawyers, while being one of them.

Additionally, his populist appeal is rather off base given his Ivy League Education... he is not "one of us." He certainly isn't representing any kind of change.

Ben: Not "one of us," huh? Normal people can't get scholarships to prestigious universities based off their own hard work, I guess? I suppose your theory is that he got into Harvard based off inherited wealth and family connections.

And just what did Obama do, after graduating near the top of his class from a prestigious school like Harvard? The Big Bucks on Wall Street were certainly open to someone with those credentials. A number of big private firms as well, I imagine. But Obama, he went back to Chicago and became a community organizer, making $12,000 a year. Yeah. What a corporate shill.

Jessica: The Culinary workers don't count more than the teachers. The big difference is that the primary is being held on a Saturday. I don't believe school is in session on Saturdays. Casinos are operating though.

Also, speaking as an Iowan, I must have missed where Obama called unions unethical while campaigning here. He called taking campaign money from the lobbyists they hire in Washington unethical, much as Edwards did.

This is a good sign for OBAMA. Most of yeh people now are going vote for BARACK OBAMA because of this lawsuit.E will now vote for him vehemently.OBAMA, GO ALL THE WAY !!!!!!!!

Ben,
I'm sure that lawyers across the country, especially those who know Sen. Obama personally, understand that he wasn't calling all lawyers evil. He probably didn't mean to say that the lawyers involved in this case were necessarily evil all the time. But if they were lawyers who believed in doing the right thing, then they would never have taken the case. The state Dem. party and the Dem. National Committee had agreed upon the at-large caucuses at casinos way back when Hillary was saying that her nomination was inevitable and she had a lot of people believing it. As long as it seemed that she would win by a landslide, the at-large caucuses were fine with her. But when it became possible that those caucuses could benefit a candidate other than herself, then she tried to fix that problem. I would like to note that Sen. Obama could have challenged the at-large casinos idea months ago when it looked like the Culinary Union might back Edwards or Clinton, but he did not. He was/is a civil rights lawyer and I'm sure that he did not want to prevent anyone from voting, whether they voted for him or not, since people who work on Sat. might really not be able to travel to their home precinct to caucus. But the Clinton camp would be willing to prevent people from voting if there's a strong chance that many of them will be voting against her. So, the "evil" here lies in the fact that if something benefits Hillary, then it's okay, but if it boomerangs and benefits another candidate, then it's not okay. Thank God for the judge who was not willing to okay this evil attempt at injustice.

Sen. Obama is running as a candidate who happens to be black, not as a black candidate. The Clintons attack Obama over and over again, but when Obama responds, then the Clintons say that it was all his fault somehow. (It's like the 90's again, when every crooked, immoral, unethical, and/or illegal deal the Clintons ever pulled was nothing more than the imagination of that vast right-wing conspiracy, as Hillary tells it ... except right now, it's Obama who is somehow to blame for the Clintons' latest mistakes and mis-speaks). I certainly will vote against Hillary in the primary and in Nov., if she wins the nomination. I could learn to live with any of the other candidates, although Obama is my choice, but I really can't stomach any more of the Clintons' dirty tricks.

PS. Correction: Now that I re-read the article, I see that it was Ben, rather than Sen. Obama, who referred to the lawyers as "evil." Sen. Obama only called them "a bunch of lawyers." Sorry about my mistake. But I think it waaas evil of them to try to win an injustice in court.