Primary tactics - change the rules

The press (Las Vegas Sun, WaPo) reports now that the Democratic Party in Nevada made public 1 set of rules (doors will be kept open on Saturday until 12:00 noon).

Clinton caucus chairs used other rules.

The party procedures were clear:

NEVADA DEMOCRATIC PARTY RULES

THIS PROCESS MAY NOT BEGIN UNTIL NOON

In order to participate in the Nevada State Democratic Party Caucuses, attendees MUST be in line, or signed in, by noon. At noon, Presidential Preference Cards should be given to any person in line, and after that point, no Presidential Preference Cards should be given to any new arrivals, as they will not be allowed to caucus.

But the playbook [below] distributed to Clinton campaigners (pp 6-7) instructed them to have caucusers report before 11am and then close the doors a half hour early, at 11:30.

Bob Bauer at the Obama campaign said they fielded 100s of complaints Saturday about precinct captains closing the doors early.

manual pg 6-7

The purple counties show the ones Obama won including rural areas.  Clinton won the tan areas, including populous Clark County.

Bauer said the campaign will not contest the results.

Here's the Reno-Gazette-Journal's straightforward coverage of the issue.

WaPo blogs it here.

The Atlantic has it here and points/links to the Hillary instruction manual carried by the precinct captains.

This is very unpleasant. Manipulating too.

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1 more find today.  A trivia question >>

Who's the one who talked up Reagan as a favorite president when she was vying for a newspaper chain's endorsement in New Hampshire?

According to a press release on her own website — Hillary Clinton. Here it is (scroll).

Found at  www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=4674