Obama got the delegates based on the process, but it may or may not remain that way until the end.

[ProSense]

Hillary Campaign: No, We Won The Nevada Caucuses

By Greg Sargent - January 19, 2008, 8:35PM

The Hillary campaign has a new statement out responding to the Obama camp's claim that they won more delegates in Nevada:

Hillary Clinton won the Nevada Caucuses today by winning a majority of the delegates at stake.

The Obama campaign is wrong. Delegates for the national convention will not be determined until April 19.

Meanwhile, the Nevada Dem party releases this statement:

“Today, two out of three Nevadans who caucused chose a Democrat instead of a Republican for president. That is an overwhelming majority vote for a new direction. Just like in Iowa, what was awarded today were delegates to the county convention. No national convention delegates were awarded. The calculations of national convention delegates being circulated are based upon an assumption that delegate preferences will remain the same between now and April 2008. We look forward to our county and state conventions where we will choose the delegates for the nominee that Nevadans support.”

Obama has them now, but they could change (as with all the other delegates).

[HeraldSquare212]

1. It may also be that he will get more. nt

[DURHAM D]

2. Five of the seventeen counties have not finished counting.

One county has reported results for only 77% of the precincts.

2% remaining across the state.

[dkf]

5. Are they still there? 5 hrs long?

How can they still be counting?

[ProSense]

9. Yes, but he is winning that county with 52%

Counties won by...

Clinton

Clark
Clinton 53.37%
Obama 42.89%

Lander
Clinton 42.65%
Obama 38.24%

Lincoln
Clinton 57.14%
Obama 25.71%

Lyon
Clinton 46.62%
Obama 42.57%

Mineral
Clinton 47.37%
Obama 43.42%

Nye
Clinton 55.21%
Obama 38.04%

Obama

Carson City
Clinton 44.12%
Obama 50.59%

Churchill
Clinton 45.1%
Obama 49.02%

Douglas
Clinton 42.24%
Obama 49.69%

Elko
Clinton 28.7%
Obama 58.33%

Esmeralda
Clinton 25.71%
Obama 62.86%

Eureka
Clinton 25.64%
Obama 48.72%

Humboldt
Clinton 48.72%
Obama 51.11%

Pershing
Clinton 41.77%
Obama 48.1%

Storey
Clinton 31.03%
Obama 51.72%

Washoe
Clinton 39.47%
Obama 48.8%

White Pine
Clinton 40.58%
Obama 44.93%

[dkf]

3. Yeah the delegates will go where they will go.

Therefore, winning the Nevada caucus is kind of meaningless.

[still_one]

4. There were some pretty nasty thread coming out saying Obama didn't know what he was talking about

The truth is the Democrat party has the MOST undemocratic method of distributing delegates

In Iowa, Obama won by 9%, yet only was ahead of Hillary by 1 vote, because of the wonderful concept of "super delegates"

[MH1]

6. Well, the media has to base their horse race projections on something.

Delegate preferences as of now have Obama winning the most national delegates.

That's the only way the media can count it.

And as said above, the preference might change away from Clinton, too.

[Egnever]

7. LOL Hillary lies some more

WE WON ! as long as obamas delegates vote for me later :rofl:

[hedgehog]

8. If Nevada is like New York, the delegates have been

working for their candidate for months. It's unlikely they'll change their mind between now and April.

[ProSense]

10. Late Update: The Nevada Dem party releases this clarification

From TPM: Late Update: The Nevada Dem party releases this clarification:

"No national convention delegates were awarded. That said, if the delegate preferences remain unchanged between now and April 2008, the calculations of national convention delegates being circulated by the Associated Press are correct. We look forward to our county and state conventions where we will choose the delegates for the nominee that Nevadans support."

[jbnow]

11. On MTP Russert just reported Clinton is lodging protest

to the distribution of delegates and trying to get it changed.

I hope that isn't true. I understand it doesn't seem fair but God please don't let them protest the state's already set rules. No need to either.