Are they undemocratic? Sure. But shouldn't we nonetheless expect a national frontrunner to be able to compete in them? Especially (big emphasis on especially) a national frontrunner who had an enormous influence over what the current election calendar looks like? If she didn't like the system, maybe her campaign shouldn't have helped put it in place?
Update: Oh this is just great - after Clinton complains that the caucuses mean not everyone can vote, her allies file suit to make sure that many (likely Obama) voters can't vote.
Posted by armand at January 12, 2008 12:53 PM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsNevada's state teachers union and six Las Vegas area residents filed a lawsuit late Friday that could make it harder for many members of the state's huge hotel workers union to vote in the hotly contested Jan. 19 Democratic caucus in Nevada ...
The at-large precincts are being established because thousands of hotel workers cannot leave work to participate in the midday caucuses in their home precincts. The Nevada State Education Association has said it would not endorse any Democrat, but some of its top officials have endorsed Mrs. Clinton. The association’s deputy executive director, Debbie Cahill, for instance, was a founding member of Senator Clinton’s Nevada Women's Leadership Council.